People have waaaay too much time on their hands. (Missing Mississippi: Notes from a Dixie exile)

People have waaaay too much time on their hands.

This takes a little while to download, but it's hilarious. Watching it will actually save you some time at this busy time of year, because you won't have to drive around in your neigborhood looking for the tackiest light display. You'll already have seen the world champion. Thanks again to Mike, who linked this on his site, and from whom I am stealing.

Posted on December 5, 2005 7:55 PM | Permalink

Comments (4)

Aunt Emily:

Isn't that crazy. What a quick way to get a headache!

Posted by Aunt Emily | December 7, 2005 5:52 AM

Posted on December 7, 2005 05:52

Pendar:

This display was featured on The Today Show on Monday, December 5. The display is located in Mason, Ohio. It was made by Carson Williams, an engineer with a company that is a subsidiary of General Electric, which means he is not eligible for their "I'll Be Home for Christmas" competition. There are 25,000 light bulbs in the display which are only on from 6PM to 10 PM and blink a lot so they only add $150 to his electric bill for the month of December. He starts putting it together in October and turns it on at Thanksgiving. He learned how to do it from PlanetChristmas.com and ChristmasWonders.com. The music is broadcast on a low FM transmitter so that people can tune to it in their cars instead of having speakers on the lawn that would bother the neighbors.

Posted by Pendar | December 7, 2005 8:03 AM

Posted on December 7, 2005 08:03

daniel:

haley! aaron's in sports illustrated. (: i'm gonna scan the article and make a pdf and link it on my xanga tonight.

Posted by daniel | December 8, 2005 2:32 PM

Posted on December 8, 2005 14:32

sooshie:

You're welcome, and thank you Pendar, for that most insightful bit.

Posted by sooshie | December 8, 2005 6:56 PM

Posted on December 8, 2005 18:56