Minneapolis Christmas Lights



Holiday Light Extravaganza, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

Remember my neighbor’s crazy holiday lights from last year?

Today I caught my neighbor Troy and a roommate of his building version 2.0. Tens of thousands of lights programmed to music. Instead of 16 different channels for lights like last year, there’ll now be 80 channels. They’ve switched to LED lights as they draw significantly less power. Not for the sake of energy bills but so they can prevent the circuit breakers from snapping from them going off and on so quickly.

All new songs, all new setup. This means an even bigger traffic jam in front of my house this year. It’s probably the biggest display in the Longfellow and probably the craziest in Minneapolis.

They plan to have everything up and running on December 1st.

Update: Had about thirty people at my house the other night to see the new lights.

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7 Responses to Minneapolis Christmas Lights

  1. Chris says:

    your neighbors are straight up genius

    but I’m glad they’re not my neighbors

    love,
    Chris

  2. Yea! My girls are thrilled. They’ve been looking forward to this all year.

  3. Sornie says:

    I finally have a benchmark for my display but I don’t think my house’s power supply would support such a travesty of christmas lights.

  4. Loops says:

    jeez, what neighborhood are you in? I might have to drive by there with my kid.

  5. IronChef says:

    Hey, stopped by that house today. I think right in front of your place. Didn’t stop in, but thanks to your blog I found it. Awesome! Thanks! You should tell your neighbor to stick a tip jar out there and donate the proceeds to charity. I was ready to throw a $20 spot in there. Unreal how much work that must be. -Thanks again.

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  7. Jane says:

    I want to see! What neighborhood?!

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