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.
Comments 5
your neighbors are straight up genius
but I’m glad they’re not my neighbors
love,
Posted 17 Nov 2007 at 22:13 ¶Chris
Yea! My girls are thrilled. They’ve been looking forward to this all year.
Posted 18 Nov 2007 at 19:18 ¶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.
Posted 19 Nov 2007 at 13:31 ¶jeez, what neighborhood are you in? I might have to drive by there with my kid.
Posted 21 Nov 2007 at 01:37 ¶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.
Posted 05 Dec 2007 at 23:41 ¶Post a Comment