Way OT: Christmas Light Displays

[DerHusker]

I love them and have every sine I was young. Does anyone else have this obsession?

Back when I was a toddler my dad worked graveyard and this was the way they got us out of the house so they could put the presents out under the tree. We had to leave the house and look at Christmas lights so Santa could come. When I became I teenager, I started decorating our house and I've continued to this day. Every year it gets bigger and bigger. This year is the first time I've synchronized my lights to music. (via computer software and relay controllers) Here are a few youtube videos showing what I did.

 

[DerHusker]

As this was my first year doing the LOR computerized display, I utilized some of the preprogramed sequences that came on the Showtime Central SD card. Of course I had to adapt them to my display as I don’t have many window that face the street. No arches or mega tree either. I found that they could still be adapted just fine and had good results with 3 of them. (The Jingle Bells sequence above) I also want to thank James Morris for sending me 2 more sequences (Jingle Bells Rock and TSO Christmas Eve / Sarajevo) that I adapted and they looked great as well. I did manage to program a few of my own sequences (very time consuming) and thought I’d share them here. The first was Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire by Nat King Cole. (One of my all-time favorite Christmas songs)

 

[DerHusker]

The second was Carol of the Bells by Monique Danielle. I saw this sequence on YouTube around 4 years ago (from Holdman Christmas) and it’s what got me hooked into planning and finally doing a computerized display.