ksoChristmasLights.com

Recent Updates:

11/20/2007 - Added "We don't mess around, bring on the knuckle boom!"
11/15/2007 - Added "The scissor lift has arrived!"
11/15/2007 - Added "How to make mini trees"
11/14/2007 - Added "May the mini trees have light!"
11/13/2007 - Added "Let the building begin!"
10/16/2007 - Added "How to animate your Christmas lights using an 8-channel controller"
10/06/2007 - Added "How to make the cable that plugs into the computer and Olsen 595 controller"
09/29/2007 - Added "How it all works together using an Olsen 595 Controller and Solid State Relays"
09/01/2007 - Added "About ksoChristmasLights.com"

Another HUGE thank you goes out to Andy and Logan of L.W.F. Metal Works.  They really pulled through this time and dropped off a knuckle boom.  This made stringing the mega tree a breeze.



Here is a picture of my roommate Brad up in the knuckle boom getting ready to start stringing some lights.



Here is an aerial shot I took of the tree from about 25 ft. up in the air.  It's about a quarter of the way strung in this picture.



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The scissor lift was dropped off today.  It can reach 19 ft. in the air.  Plenty of height to string our mega tree!  Big thank you to L.W.F. Metal Works in Phoenix for letting us borrow the scissor lift for as long as we need.







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We're almost done building the 12 mini trees.  We came up with a really cool way to make them.  We bought 3 ft. tall tomato cages from Home Depot and then wrapped them with chicken wire.  We then wrapped the Christmas lights around the chicken wire.  You can find out how to make them here.



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Let the building begin!  We've been working on setting up this year's display for over a week now.  The display will feature a 20 ft. mega tree.  We cut down the tree in our front yard because it was dead, so we drilled a hole down the middle of the stump and stuck the pole for the mega tree inside. 



We are also building 12 mini trees to line the perimeter of the yard. I'm also in the middle of sequencing Wizards in Winter for this year's display. So stay tuned as I add more content through out this year's build process and look forward to more how to's.

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Welcome to ksoChristmasLights.com.  This site is dedicated to the 20,000 Christmas lights we animate to music every year.  To find out more and learn how we did this, visit our How To section.

Each year, we collect donations to benefit the Marine's Toys for Tots Foundation.  The money donated goes to buying gifts for local boys and girls in need of a bright Christmas.

In the How To section, you will find a ton of information on how to get started in this hobby.  There are a bunch of pictures and step by step instructions on how to do this yourself.

The Pictures section contains a ton of pictures of the 2006 display as well as pictures of the 2007 display being built.

The Videos section has several entertaining videos showing off our display in action.

The Directions page has a fully interactive Google Map showing the location to the display.

The Contact Us page has information on how to contact us as well as links to our Flickr and YouTube profiles.  You will also find links to several websites where the display is featured.

Thank you for stopping by and check the site regularly as content is continually added.

-Aaron-

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