
Some, like Ritzy's Fantasy of Lights, are used as a fundraiser for an organization. There are plenty of light displays around the area to check out individually or as a part of a pathway of lights. In those situations, Trillich said they don't want to add any danger, so the lights stay off. The lights are on Sunday through Thursday until 9 p.m. It never gets crazy enough to impede traffic, and they love the process and comments. Trillich said some people may roll their eyes at the extent of it, but they're just having fun. "A couple times when we’re working in the yard.we’ll see people (drive by) and a little voice from the backseat goes 'it’s Christmas magic,'" he said. "That’s why we do this." While the lights themselves are fun, Trillich said it's more about the reaction. "We're kind of starstruck with light displays," Trillich said.
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The lights on the house are used for two years and then new ones are bought to keep them at full brightness. View Gallery: Evansville Christmas Lights "All the wood stuff we cut and paint and design ourselves," Trillich said. "Sometimes we borrow stuff form children's coloring books." The different scenes across the property all tell a story and many have handmade aspects as well. There is a train, an airplane and a classic manger scene.

It is 50 years old and many aspects were handmade out of dowel rods and pressed paper.

Now that display, which was gifted to them, is one of the many sections of the five-acre display on her the land of her childhood home. His wife's family would all travel to see Christmas lights during the holiday season and one stood out to her. Will Trillich said it all was inspired by a Christmas display his wife saw in the 1960s. The Ho Ho Home, 6033 Edwards Road, is home to a Christmas light display that started in December of 1988.

The property which houses a major lights display in Boonville has held proposals, Santa Switch photos and generations of families. A drive around the Tri-State to look at Christmas lights can be as simple or as complicated as you like.Ī group local light enthusiasts are doing their part to make an epic light journey as easy as possible with a Google map, descriptions of displays and more.
