| ehcuod | someone has WAY TOO MUCH free time |
| tsud | That's friggen awesome!  |
| tsud | That's friggen awesome! |
| oliverhadi | Rated tune. Do you know what it is? |
| thenanny | Transiberian Orchestra's Wizards in Winter. Wowsers!! Great job. Thanks for the share. |
| polgara59 | Wow -- incredible creativity here! |
| sixsixsixx | Phenomenal effort. And yes. Someone has WAY too much free time..... and money..... ha ha....  |
 | lizzytobias | wow!  |
| nerosan | Wow, i wonder how much time and money was put into that. :O Amazing. |
| cybersam69 | WOW! Just watched it while high on Shrooms, far out!  |
| shrinkydinx | shrooms, youre lucky  im just a little stoned but still  |
| kimbolee | omg.. lol |
| kychapter | That is Sooo COOL! I need them to do that here... Christmas in lights...BEAT THIS! haha |
 | tazzzzzz | daaaaaaaammet! it'S awesome ! but watch his electricity account arrive in a 53ft trailer hahahahha |
| heart672 | My husband and I both think this is just TOTALLY AWESOME. Hubby says "Keep up the good work" |
| alexus | just F'n WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| lodgerman101 | .........................whoof?........ |
| alucard1528 | thast freakin sweet |
| kcbearcat | I WISH I could do that. |
| xchiex | Good stuffff how did you do it???? |
| punkin | This is totally awesome! Someone has an incredible amount of talent!!! |
| kalihawk | has anyone ever given thought that a very intelligent person used computer imagery for this to be in perfect sync? It's incredible either way ... but my money is on the PC. Stunning display & my husband actually wants to try it!  |
| kalihawk | has anyone ever given thought that a very intelligent person used computer imagery for this to be in perfect sync? It's incredible either way ... but my money is on the PC. Stunning display & my husband actually wants to try it! |
| spikejabberwock | Great !! But do you know what's the song ?? I love it !! |
| s4_stavanger | if you see the gras in the front, this is not real-time.. Kinda fake, but still awesome |
| xerevix | The song is called "Wizards of Winter" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. If you liked this song, you should definitely check out more of their music. This group is just absolutely awesome. They are definitely one of my favorites! |
| wyldeman | All I can say is, however this was generated, it is a stroke of genius & g400gjc should be proud of a job well done, creatively done & very well executed. |
| larrytimm | I would LOVE to take this to school and show my students....can this be downloaded?? (Cant get to sites like this at school) |
| ryesbabygirl | one word...WOW!!!! |
| bambisniper | is it real or did they take pics of it with different things lit up and make like a flip book. that is awesome. way to much time on their hands |
 | thatjonkid | Wow. That is some free time. I wish my house could do this. |
| ebreaker | this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| grammyjo | TOTALLY COOL!!! They may have 'too much time', but I'm glad they do! Is the music Manhiem Steamroller? (That may be misspelled.) |
 | vandoodle | i bet their neighbors love that! lol....i loved it! cool! |
| jackerss | EC| Killer11131 i love the proggraming AWSOMEJOB!  |
| reefer | WOW!!!!!!!!OH WOW!!!!!!!! |
| jackerss | No sry wrong site but awsome anyway |
| pkmf | AWESOME VIDEO DUDE!! got a nice song to it too..VERY well DONE! |
| laserone | This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! Even if it is "just" edited, it's still a lot of work and very cool! Reminds me of the ol' laser light shows from the planetarium (where I used to work). |
| jubags69 | Epic... but what is the music? Congrats to the creator, well played. |
| muck | Cool... |
| srt10venomous | THat guy is local near Cincinnati about 20 min. from me |
| eyesofmusic | Great sync to a great song!! Is there a better quality video available for this? |
| okiereestar | Totally AWESOME> never seen anything like that before |
| flexistentialize | Yes... it's real. It's done with MIDI (normally used with electronic musicians). MIDI is sent out of a sequencer (such as a computer) then to the switches for the lights. Well done!!! |
| stilldreambeliever | WONDERFUL,AWESOME,BEAUTIFUL,THRILLING,S
HOW STOPPER,TALENTED,BLESSED!! |
| jldb | really, really cool. |
| jonnyb21 | Killer man what a show |
| redrumy3 | awesomeeeeeee  |
| airborne92 | I gotta get me one a' those! |
| angelgirl | Totally AWESOME &AMAZINGLY TALENTED! Could you imagine being this persons neightbors all through the holiday season? |
| nakkii | For those that want to know how; you might try and google for "blinkenlights.de" |
| verwunscht | Hey! WOW! Thats really brilliant! And: The song is very good! |
| yankeeblue | Clark Griswald is both proud and jealous at the same time!  |
| rstout1121 | That's Sooooooo COOL!!!!! |
| plclark3 | This is almost certainly a legitimate recording of a real lighting installation, not an animation or a computer simulation. It probably took $10-$20K worth of DMX digital lighting equipment controlled by a PC, and a couple weeks to program. Well done!! |
| plclark3 | This is almost certainly a legitimate recording of a real lighting installation, not an animation or a computer simulation. It probably took $10-$20K worth of DMX digital lighting equipment controlled by a PC, and a couple weeks to program. Well done!! |
 | gingerwarrior | I bet his neighbours are gonna hate that song by Christmas . |
| mrscott | This is an amazing display, must be someone who does concert lighting |
| blondiejune | so cool!!!!!! |
| melodyjanemjm | Beautiful |
| lazamair | Love it! I wonder if someone will outdo that.... |
| sihau | cool - it made my day |
| wyldndn | This is a well thought out sound & light show, This neighborhood rocks!! |
 | retrofly | Yeah tis blantantly real, u can tell by the flashing light just left of the house (prolly tall building or summat) and by the way the lights reflected off the walls etc |
| angi | some major funk going on in that house! hope I get an invitation to their holiday PARTY!!! |
| frogish_kin | this is the best video ever  |
| rugame | That guy can move in next to me anytime (but only if he helps me do one like it) |
| en1gma | awsome |
| jim_cmenow | This is not done with lighting equipment or dmx. It is an edited piece. He simply turned the lights on once for each scene then edited them together to the music using any nle. You can see the grass jump back and forth to the same position when the same |
 | jurak | classic, man the power bill tho.... |
| ladboy247 | Nice thats awesome. I showed that to my school over the announcments they all loved it |
| ladboy247 | were can i get this song? |
| wkc2 | You can check the orchestra's site in www dot trans-siberian dot com and they have links to let you buy their CDs. |
 | rushena | That was fantastic and alot of work timing it I bet. |
| apresh8er | Check just to the left of the house you'll see a flashing light from a tower that's behind the house a distance. Which proves this is in real time and not edited. A GREAT job by the way |
| talluhla | fantastic! |
| lousalo | This is EXCELLENT! I'd love to live near them |
| normal411 | this is freggin awsome |
| platinum1981 | This is real. One of the members on another site I vists saw a discussion about it on a site he visits. The reason you can see the grass 'jumping' is because of the shadows cast by the lights. I absolutely adore this! I think it's amazing. |
| normal411 | wow dude this guy has talent and alot of time!!!!ALOT OF TIME |
| normal411 | DUDE THATS FREGGIN HARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
 | ofaces1 | Gotta love the holidays! |
| normal411 | WOW HES GOT SKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 |
| dvonz | Im just happy if my lights turn on every year |
| deathstalker | All I see is a blank white square??? |
| lotsals1 | its real imo -he must be a concert visual tech.Watch the fog he has rolling down the garage door. |
| cheripooh | That is just cool! |
| ladboy247 | god i cant stop watchin it its just so cool |
| koci | super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : 020: |
| echohawk | Hilarious but scary in a way! |
| devilcj3000 | HOW can i do that O_o !!!! |
| jonnycat27 | some people just don't have enought time on thier hands to come up with an origional comment. Obviously the dude spent a lot of his "hard earned free time" giving all of us something to gawk at in awe. More power to him! Merry Christmas. |
 | chaoszen | American DJ used to sell a 64 channel lighting scene generator that could use both MIDI and BPM audio triggers to achieve much the same, add an RF transmitter to a webcam from the mixer and run up to 64 cords per scene gen and you can do the same. |
| ladboy247 | either way i give this dude hella props for his effort |
| progrotech | His hard efforts are entertaining me and my friends here in Little Britain. Back to MIDI programming for me! |
| cnelson1011 | I echo Johnnycat27's comments, doesn't matter how it's done, it is a nice gift to us. Thanks to the author and Merry Christmas to all! Chris. |
| exilion | AMAZING! I wonder how much it cost? |
| kwinkle | you can also do this with a device that is sold at a place called Animated Lighting (online) it cost about 1K for the music/light one |
| scarlette-o-catfur | love it! its amazing, the music is good, must look up them up |
| dbeatty52 | Awesome! Is this Andrew Lloyd Weber's house? |
| casper12345 | Jesus and the three Wise Men would smile if they saw this! Best hightech musical rendition of the Nativity I've ever seen! |
 | super_66_mario | Woops, wrong key. Its called the Christmas Kit by Animated Lighting. |
| ravenmoon | Song is titled " A Mad Russians Christmas". Its on the "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" Album. |
| bobin | I’m driving my family MAD since I have played it constantly since I first saw it. I have a lot of experience with software little or none with hardware and I’m impressed! Love the music. Thanks so much! |
| crolya | Can anyone help settle a bet? I have a $100 steak dinner riding on whether or not this was a real filming or a video edited effect. I need to find proof that this specific video was an actual filming. Any suggestions? |
| shadow193 | this music is from the trans siberian orchestra |
| mommanightowl | My gosh, this is the most amazing demonstration of computer lighting syncronization for a residence. I hae seen shows at Epcot in Disneyworld that would pale in comparison. I wonder where he is located. I wish he was my neighbor! |
| xix |  |
| m3ta7h3ad | Its real, not computer generated. Notice how the house alarm light on the top left hand corner never actually loses rhythm. If it was a fake made from trick imagery you wouldnt have that, it would flash in a random fashion. So yeah, its real. |
| bellrose | FANTASIC What is the name of the music??????????? |
| tschelat | COOL! Would have looked better in QuickTime |
| mbed06 | your house is like magic i've never ever seen a masterpiece your one magic man your movie rocks! |
| mbed06 | can you see this on dvd? you be famous! popular is more like it! |
| mullethead | Simply amazing...Anyone know where this house is located? |
| earlybirdy | I want the music to that...lol..... pretty neato!!!! |
| mapetitedebi | The tune is Christmas in Siberia by the Trans Siberian Orchestra... WAY TO GO!!!! |
| rizzo13 | The Music is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra...Wizards in Winter....and its on the Lost Christmas Eve Album...they are also doing a US tour thru the holidays |
| dubhlinn | Very creative and awesome! Loved it! (so did my kids!) |
| meow7 | me likey  |
| wibuckeye | outstanding! |
| reject_monkey | this IS real, look at the puddle reflecting the lights in the bottom right, and the burglar alarm box light flashing in tome without missing a beat in teh top right, amazing feat of lighting i must say, and i work as a lighting designer for theatres! |
| sweetie8 | That is the BEST freakin' thing i have ever seen. LOVED IT!!! |
| earlybirdy | the house is in Ohio somewhere |
| rocstel | Im in OH Cincinnati (WHO DEY!!!!) anyone knows exactly where PLEEZE post it here |
| egyptianmagician | IT is 100% real time ... look at the blinking light on the left side of the house, it blinks consistently all the way through. Probaly a beacon or something like that. Amazing job, I'm working on a plan for something similar, this is just too awesome! |
| chevyblazer20in | where is this place at i would like 2 see it in person |
| tweetaspice | Okay Im gonna go buy the CD get out my lights and put up My Christmas lights Im sure it will be nothing like this but it does kinda get you in the mood to dance around the yard with your Christmas lights LOL Great Job! |
| izzysnake | "wow" very cool and if you do look to the left top of the house where there alarm is flashing you can see that it is never out of sink so how can it be done by computer ???? |
| mikeatmvnu | Awesome! THat's all there is to say. Well, that plus FIVES ACCROSS THE BOARD! |
| motorsport2 | A wonderful peice of " ART" |
| luca85 | WOW! If this is real, the person who made it is awesome! |
| tamilapple1968 | This is way too cool. Love it. Every home should look like that. I wonder something though? How much is his electric bill going to be. JK. Great show. I am sending this to all that I know. WOW. Killer show. |
| pez01 | Totally frikin awsome |
| ghosthound8 | this is not as simple as "just editing" some pictures together... there were so many different combos of lights that had to be organized and synced... very good job |
| lockhart62 | WOW.... awesome thank you |
 | godley | Awesome! |
| jamessean | If this IS real (Probably) then the "moving grass" can be explained by the bad video quality. The more the video is compressed the more "artifacts" are introduced and the more the static elements of the picture move around. Notice the street "moving." |
| jamessean | I'd love to see the next project be TSO's Christmas Eve Sarajevo!! |
| dmano | Obviously no one here has ever been to a TSO performance and seen the light production that they put on. It's real... |
| angelaco | The "beacon" light on the side of the house does *not* blink in perfect time...doesn't prove a thing. IMHO I think it's just part of the whole song. I'm sure this was a video edit, masterfully done. If it were MIDI the guy would have blown a fuse. |
| jameir | Heh, I really wish I was the one to have done that. But sadly, I'm just sharing. I've seen this video in many places, such as Ebaumsworld. But I got the higher quality link from a friend. So I continue the share chain. =D |
| chaoszen | It's not as hard as it looks if you have money for a few lighting scene generators. Power requirements are not bad, it's just a bunch of X-mas lights, not like pinbeam spots, beta strobes or border cans or anything. |
| queenidog | This is a great project. Ya did well Carson. My Xmas display was 6300 lights, 3 computers, 12 motors, 12 relays, but more subtle. THis guy did something with his time rather than go bar hopping like those who say he has "too much time on his hands" |
| brandi92840 | VERY AWESOME JUST WISH IT WERE AT MY HOUSE....HAHAHA |
| goddess1988 | I LOVE THAT FRICKIN HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| rustyburrito55 | Pretty sweet. I would NOT like to live next to that guy! |
| anghrt | This is incredible went to the TSO concert these year and this is worthy of them and the light show at the concert. Way to go |
| ramanth | crolya - snopes has declared it true. Go to their website and look under Photo Gallery > The Arts > The Light Before Christmas. Hope you enjoy your steak dinner! :D |
| vicious_chimera | Dude It reminds me of when I went to see TSO live in concert. I will tell you one thing if you like this you should go see then live. Because, I tell you that their shows are a thousand times better then this clip. |
| motherof4 | PHREAKING AWESOME! Thoroughly enjoyed it! |
| mrsilver | MrSilver Pretty good stop action, Does anybody know what the peice of music is I want to get it |
| chaoszen | This display was the work of Carson Williams of Mason, Ohio, who spent about three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama channels that control the 16,000 Christmas lights in his 2004 holiday lighting spectacular. |
| chaoszen | (My previous comment was a clip from www . snopes . com) |
| hawk2010 | Actually it took over 16000 lights and 88 Light-O-Rama channels to control this system, but it only cost less than $2000.00 for everything, but did take a long time to make. It was made by Carson Williams of Mason, Ohio. |
| wildwill | HEY THATS WILD...DO MY HOUSE TOO!!! |
| queenidog | Having made a number of movies AND a 6300 light display with 3 computers (homemade), let me say that this is REAL. Carson did a good job. |
| mwruddy | Excellent ! Trans-Siberian's Wizards of Winter at it's best....Can you do that for the entire "Trilogy" set ? Incredible timing and detail with all of the instruments, you didn't miss a note! |
| fullbarn | If you go to the website SNOPES and search under the HOLIDAY section you will see the verification that it is real, who did it, another one of his works and a link telling you How to do it yourself!!! Snopes verifies tons of rumors, myths, facts, etc |
| malbers6 | This man is a freeking geneious! |
| ravenhunter | thank my dads firend for sending me this...its near vancouver |
| jamessean | Anyone got a link to a better quality clip? |
| metrognom | well....mankind has various funny ways to display its potential.... |
| 3xacharm | Now that's what I call creative! |
| bambu | anyone been able to save to their hard drive? |
| grp60 | amazing sound & light choreography to a great progrock tune! |
| lida27 | Facinating...how'd he/she do it? Computer? How'd he/she figure out the timing? |
| bloodrain | omfg, what a sh-it :D |
| kekelsay | Whether real time (if so, glad I don't live next door!) or PC time, this is fabulous! Made me smile. Can we get whoever did this to run the world? Lots of creativity here! |
| mspepsi | love it!!! i live in dayton, anyone know where i go in mason to see this? |
| sjontom | TOP NOTCH just TOP NOTCH |
| jamessean | To DL: Right click on video, select properties. It will give you a link. Copy and paste that link in a new broswer. Viola!!! |
| skippyqsb | Here's the link to the info in Snopes. Whether it was real or Memorex it was totally billiant!! |
| chaoszen | I have a copy recieved from email that you can get from chaoszen . com / mirrors & right-click+save lightorama_com.wmv (but do not post that link anywhere, I use agressive server loging and sue any refering pages/links for bandwidth costs) |
| goldenballs14 | WHO CARES IF ITS FAKE OR NOT PEOPLE IT ROCKS END OF STORY :D |
| peglove | I love it, nice work! |
| hsmomof13 | This is really cool! Music and video go really well together. Make another one! It is also family friendly |
| surroundsound64 | This is the most amazing video I have EVER seen! |
| michiganmama1 | bravo, meistro |
 | whalesdude | HOLY CRAP!! Someone must be a retired Lighting specialist!! |
| ally5365 | Hubby and I are going to see TSO on the 11th. I was geeked before, now I'm even more geeked! |
| davismom2 | this is truly awesome. i love it!!!!!!! |
| d4rk | OK for the n00bs. The House is located in Utah and every year they do this. As you can see that big rectangle sign shows the station that people can tune onto in their cars. He has the satellite in his back yard. He uses a computer to programm the lights |
| kimberlee | This is truly out of this world. What a show!!!!! I have watched this at least 8 times so far |
| hdcycle529 | Now that is was I call ' too much free time " ! Beautiful work, love it very much! Where I live people would either call me crazy or smart if I did some thing like that! All I can say is we want more!!! |
| evilgenius | Amazing... Many props.. Anyone know the source of this? Or where this house is located? |
| battlefan | Wow! This is amazing! |
| ozonetraveler | no doubt in my mind ~ it IS for real ~ and it IS radically rockin" |
 | katzklaw | its definatly real... its on snopes... listed under "the light before Christmas" |
| dedhed55 | This is truly amazing . I recognized the music immediately . A freind of mine sent this to me in email please accept my congradulations for a job well done . Thank You |
| lightcampinas | hUAHauhUHAUHuhauhUAHUua Isso é muito doido, ja assisti varias vezes apavora kakakakaka |
| damann | Awsome. |
| bambu | Thanks for DL help Jamessean.... |
| spudders | lol only in america |
| momrocks2 | That rocks! |
| ofdoom | Totally awesome video. Music's cool too. |
| ladyd_sc | What did Carson do for 2005 |
 | planecrazee | that single flashing light is not a beacon light .. thats my display ... lmao .. He should do it for a living loads of people on here want it done ... Great work whoever you are .. |
| maggot_7 | ok...first off, i have one word for the guy who sent this in: "duuuude..." second, who cares if its fake or real?!? and finally, for the people who cant stop asking, and for the people who are wrong, the song is TransSiberian Orchestra-Wizards in Winter! |
| agarvick715 | SSIIICCKKKK.... that is all |
| kaelthas1 | It's real, just check out snopes dot com, under holiday, then christmas. |
| americanmom | Check out the site for directions there, display hours, etc. There is a clock counting down time until "lights out." |
| katzklaw | umm.. americanmom, thats a different house... but the same idea... the one in the video above is in Ohio |
| ringzntattz | I think this guy has made us all forget about hpw crappy it has been lately(in the world) even tho it is for 3:02. Its real its fake who cares! Be happy for the few mins! |
| bo1953 | whata way to wake up after 1300 miles & have ah awsome doobie to rock on |
| user0815 | AWESOME, seems this guy has too much free time, but looks really great!!! |
| katzklaw | umm.. americanmom, thats a different house... but the same idea... the one in the video above is in Ohio |
| kimdnaz628 | This is what I love about Christmas...people sharing their talents. This is phenomenal. We had a guy here in AZ who was charged with disturbing hte peace with similar talents. Too bad. Rock on is what I say! This is phenomenal! |
| thydoanrox | just!wat can i say?amazing!fantastic! |
| faithwalker | WAY TOO COOL!!!!!!!! |
| blexmark | Well this guy is the talk of southern ohio. I was in Walmart around the Xmas lights and a guy asked me if i had seen this video...."Of course! it's amazing"..i said. Nomination for best originality and best Xmas lightshow |
| kimberlee | I was wondering>>> they should have speakers outside .. And at supper time they should play it. at least one time a night. I would love to go there and see this. Awsome job...!!!!!!!! |
| raptorromance | Way, way cool. Can you send somebody over to my house and do that please. |
| twinkie | They have a low frequency radio station you tune your car radio to when you drive by their house so you can listen to the music & enjoy light show. They have sign in front yard advertising where to tune your radio so you can hear their music with lights |
| specterth | ACK! So many people, so fast!! |
| specterth | For the record, I didn't make it. My dad forwarded the video to me over e-mail, so I decided to put it online and share it with some friends. |
| gagirl11150 | This is AWESOME!! the 2nd time someone has sent it to me!!!!!!!! It gets the spirit moving in time for Christmas. I wish it were my neighbor |
| hemma | only thing you need is money.. the song is *** |
| danielbrenes | anyone who thinks this video is fake is either jealous or stupid he has his own website and uses computers to program the lights.. yall n00bs all of these lights are 100% real.. go to his website and i dont think he lives in cincinatti.. |
| markdb | 8047 winding creek court, mason ohio |
| jiji13 | Thank you for this enlivening Christmas gift on such a joyous occasion, Mr. Williams. So much facination and delight in your work from so many! Well Done! |
| catfiles | Freakin' sweet! However it was done, I've never seen anything like it! |
| hemma | its real yeah sure.. but the song is fu=ck=ed.. then ones who like the song got some problems. its like 6 years old music roflmao |
| oakside24 | Holy Christ on a Bicycle That's Good! --Hacx I Tell You!-- |
| howardc | this is a kit, how do I post the url of the site? |
| evexiii | very carefully... like: www . lightorama . com |
| howardc | This is a kit... try animatedlighting dot com / products - christmaskit dot asp |
| poundher | The person has way to much free time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| schuess60 | I think this is awesome! |
| ts2232 | actually in is near mason ohio, northern suburb of cincinnati ohio, it's real and there is another song. |
| ts2232 | To go take 42 south out of Mason, turn left on Snider Rd go south to Socialville-Foster 1st left on Simpson Follow this to tee and turn right turn right at the next street tune your radio to 96.9 fm |
| e-klaire | After several depressing Christmas seasons and no music or home lighting, this inspires me and fills me with hope for the future. Buying the CD tonight! |
| bickenh | I hope small aircraft don't try to land on this house |
| declanhughes | this is only the best well done would hate to see the bill who ever pay's it lol |
| kaylu | I am absolutely in LOVE! I WANT this in MY yard!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| actionjunky | Somebodys elves went nuts!!!! |
| phatony1989 | somebody is definately getting laid |
| tbirdclass | Absolutely amazing. Don't think you could top this. I'm from the western side of Cincy, would love to see this in person so I'll be visiting Mason soon. Great job!! |
| dr_seuss | By the way, the house is not in Utah. It is in Mason Oh and we went there last nite. It is awesome and really not very annoying to the neighbors. They also do Frosty the Snowman and God Bless the USA. |
| rocstel | I went tonight.....it was down due to tech difficulties....but I"LL BE BACK!!!! |
| garybrimley | For all the masses out there, there is one like this in Utah, but /dr seuss/ up two comments is right, this one is not the one that is in Utah (murray, salt lake). But I'd say this one is really neat! The one in Utah is great though, so look it up. |
| garybrimley | The people at Urban Legends Reference Pages like to clear up rumors, and they do a nice job with this one. |
| garybrimley | I recommend visiting PlanetChristmas . com. The PlanetChristmas Message Board contains lots of information about computerized light displays, and there are lots of Light-O-Rama users on the forums with whom you may chat. Drive out, see one like it! |
| garybrimley | I recommend visiting PlanetChristmas . com. The PlanetChristmas Message Board contains lots of information about computerized light displays, and there are lots of Light-O-Rama users on the forums with whom you may chat. Drive out, see one like it! |
| cruiserchad | Bloody amazing! now I wonder if I can set one up in a spare hour next Sunday afternoon!!? |
| husheddeath05 | Totally freaking awesome. I say though, it doesn't take that much time if you know what you are doing... Yes, I am a geek, and damn proud of it. |
| melodeekeeper | That is the most awsome music video I have ever seen!!!!! |
| kitakat | Love this... hubby wants to do this... also, I bet the neighbors are really happy about all the lightning. LOL |
| vanyaliarget | amagine all the traffic there... ... cool lights |
| grumpygkf | You people don't think this is real do you? Nice computer work though. |
| luca85 | Chery chik-- Wizards of Winter |
| pinktictac04 | Actually this is real, it was done by a man named carson williams who lives in mason, ohio and he timed all his lights to the music..he's done other songs too and he even has showing times..i've even drove by the house,,and its real |
 | flowing-brook | Holy smokes! |
| godsangelforpeace | Totally Awesome!!! WOW |
| dragonmaster | Way to go TSO!! "Here the tragically beautiful And the beautifully tragic Drift through this night In a last quset for Magic" Very well done!!!!! |
| human1 | I personally saw this light show last night - even better in person! The house is located in Mason, Ohio. There are several other songs he has choreographed as well, but this one was the best! |
| teryn32 | I have never seen anything quite like this, it is awesome!! Thanks for sharing. |
| dioncini | Does anyone have a link to a better video? I saw it on the Today Show this morning and it was awesome. |
| chccgolfpro | This is legit! The family was on the Today Show on 12/5/05. The music is not blaring out across the neighborhood, but through an FM transmitter. So you can tune in when you drive by in your car. His electric bill is only about $150 higher in December |
| blackplasticglasses | this is amazing... |
| danae | Hey, this is REAL! The guy is Carson Williams from Mason, OH, he was on the Today Show on NBC on 12-5-05!!! |
| letusnukeit | That song is DEFINTILEY Wizards in Winter by the Trans-Siberian Orhcestra. omgomg, its great! |
| lilmimi96 | AMAZING!! This is really SPECTACULAR!! The music is great!! The guy who did this is totally cool and definitely in the Christmas spirit! I sure wish I could see it in person!! |
| sexypants | MATT ROGERS IS HOT!!!! |
| xggg2 | You can read about this....music is only broadcast on the radio in driveby.Written up in the Boston glove on 12/5/05 |
| xggg2 | Sorry, that's the Boston Globe (not glove) |
| peter-the-great | Not Bad!! But, what do you do for Halloween?? |
| njfire | Ummm....If one goes out, do the rest stay lit?? |
| spfx44 | I LOVE THIS |
| michelle235 | That is so cool. Great lights and music. Do you do this every year? |
| katpooh7 | Love it.. dang that's good!!! |
| liberator | its real check this out: Ok here is the link to the Today show site. He explains how he does it and gives the websites that helped him figure out how to do it. |
| liberator | Where it says "More Today Show Video" go to the 12th out of the 15 and click launch. |
| twc238 | How much to have them come to my house..... |
| sportsmom | liberator? could you be more specific as to where the "today show video" is for those of us who are new to this? Thanks! |
| kkman | this is super awsome i love this |
| jeaniep | anyone know where in Mason ohio this is? Like to take my kids to see it! |
| linknloop | It TAKES time to be a genious like this person!! Bravo and well done! It's Trans siberian ochestra! |
| zippy5eyes | Love it!!!!!! And Trans Siberian Orchestra is AWESOME!!! I've seen them in concert a few times and am planning on seing them again Dec 16... can't wait... the show is phenomenal and I highly recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to check them ou |
| smithjas1 | IT'S REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| smithjas1 | Here is another one! |
| robertprague | Kickin Ass!!!!!! |
| cainfft008 | dude....that was flippin sweet!! i had to make an account just to comment on this video! |
| masteryoda | *bang* oops, there went the breaker box.... |
| deea_the_princess | wooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww |
| smatejov | Awesome presentation! would like to know details on how to do this. |
| tweetybirdcateyes | absolutly wonderful and lots of fun puts the hum bug out of christmas that was so cool thank you for sharing that with me |
| meghanarleene | Amazing!!! Send him to my place, lol!!!! |
| picaroon1017 | A Splendid Production. Well done and thank you |
| alex121 | Gotta Love the Holidays.. especially seeing this !! |
| delpy41 | this is way too cool |
| aighaid | Looks like a homework assignment to me--and deserves a good grade. |
| alourens | Absolutely amazing. Well done !!! |
| earthmother | kalihawk?????????.......DUH!!!!!!! |
| tbirdclass | Carson was asked to unplug his lights. The police say it generates too much traffic. Whatever happened to Christmas spirit. How sad. |
| zeb_uk | Absolutely Brilliant Well Done. Zeb  |
| elsupremo | It's done with stop action filming. You can tell by enlarging it and watching the grass/weeds at the bottom of the screen. Still impressive, though. |
| yahmay | I definitely went last night, and on the radio frequency it said that there will be no more shows until future notice because of the disruption to his neighbors. |
| rickys | Frantastic!!! My comment is!!! zum!!!zum!!!zum!!!zum!!!zum!!!zum!!!zum
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| magoose | love it!!!! need this in our STUFFY town of Saranac Lake, NY!! |
| jmburns | Where can I buy this video. I stand in awe. Bravo! Encore! Encore! |
| mlouie | This is real, not computer-generated or trick filming. Go to snopes dot com and search on "xmaslights" for more details. |
| eileeno671 | ea awesome! he lives really close to me! (cincinnati) it took him (carson williams) 2 months to set up the lights and 9 hours to program the show! he just shut it down though because there was a car accident from all the traffic coming to see the show! |
| vx0 | Carson Williams had to shut this display down indefintely last night because of traffic congestion in the neighborhood. |
| lildreamer1421 | OMG! I totally wanna marry this guy! Sweet! |
| kimandmarkp | The music is from Trans Siberian Orchestra. They are currently touring. Check out their website if you like what you hear... |
| momma87 | I wish my husband could do that!!!! |
| precious1 | I bet his neighbors are going love him!!! and yes I agree...WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS  |
| stampingnut | This place is about 10 minutes from my house. We went over and saw it before Carson had to shut it off. It was 10 times better in person than it is on the video. Too bad he had to pull the plug. |
| kennysfan07 | The family that did that was on the Today Show on Monday. They live in Ohio. The husband has been doing that for a couple years. The music is actually on an FM receiver, so there are no speakers outside. |
| precious1 | I bet his neighbors are going love him!!! and yes I agree...WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS |
| kennysfan07 | ^^You just tune your FM dial to the station he has the music set to and you can hear it! I think it is absolutely amazing and would love to see it in real life. |
| skywinder21 | Awesome video...I'm betting that whoever set up that lighting display has a sweet computerized lighting controller and possibly works with lighting for a living! Haha, looks like a lighting scene similar to one set up for a rock show, timed or sound acti |
| derwood | This is apparently the work of carson Williams of mason Ohio. He is an electrical engineer who spent three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama that controlled the 16,000 christmas lights in his annual holiday lighting spectacular (from christmas 2004) |
| bou | This display has been a great stress reliever for a friend and me. We were considering driving over from the next state to see it. *sigh* We were hardly the only ones, and traffic from Cinci alone must have been terrible. Hail and farewell, lights! |
| spellcasters | It's too bad this guy had to shut down.  |
| nooneinparticular | This was just in my newspaper today. He said he would shut down if he had complaints from the neighbors, but it didnt say he "had" to shut down. Way cool house though |
| lord-xanthor | Saw in the interview there was a lot more detail to the lighting show that the clip floating around doesnt show. Hope someone with a great camra films it and puts it up. Did a awsome job. |
| lord-xanthor | Saw in the interview there was a lot more detail to the lighting show that the clip floating around doesnt show. Hope someone with a great camra films it and puts it up. Did a awsome job. |
| bou | This display has been a great stress reliever for a friend and me. We were considering driving over from the next state to see it. *sigh* We were hardly the only ones, and traffic from Cinci alone must have been terrible. Hail and farewell, lights! |
| tweetybirdcateyes | I love this song and video who invented it and I love his taste in christmas that was totally awsome. |
| chvollmer | This is real, it was in the Lexington Herald Leader from LEX, KY, I would love to go see it. |
| chvollmer | Free time is spent on what we enjoy. These people enjoy art. Some of you enjoy getting Stoned on pot and shrooms and then posting comments under someone elses display of hard, productive and intelligent work, smthng you lack the capacity to understand! |
| u54pe47 | TSO totally rocks! We just went to see them for the fourth year in row (we had front row seats for the first time). At the end of the concert they asked my 14 year old son to step up on the stage and they GAVE HIM an autographed electric guitar! |
| keebemon | No, its definately real. I saw it myself. The guy lives in cincinati. He does the show every night from 6-10. The music is broadcast on a radio station, as not to disturb the neighbors. |
| ppppvspp | Does anyone of you know, from who the song is??? Thanks! |
| xxfyrestormexx | You're right, it IS real.... the guy had to stop doing the display, according to Local news, because of the traffic it was causing, but it was Real & located in Cincy, Ohio! |
| thedutchgirl | we needed this guy at Super Bowl 2005 in Jacksonville.....WOW |
| markqwe | From Cumbria in the Great Britain...Fantastic |
| nathancff | This stupid site doesn't allow you to list urls. Add www in front of last posting. |
| nathancff | This stupid site doesn't allow you to list urls. Add www in front of last posting. |
| x-con | This is stopmotion. an extreem version, but allas, it is. you can see the frame breaks. |
| bill617 | My wife is obsessed!! Is there a DVD available? If so, where can we buy one? |
| killer11131 | Thanks for the comments guys |
| grateful_day | Check out Cincinnati dot com for the story about why he shut it down. I am a native Cincinnatian and TSO Fan! |
| grateful_day | Is it so hard to believe because ultra-conservative Cincinnati would never have such a cool thing? TSO played here tonight but the snow was so bad I couldn't go! |
| vanshoot | Nice MIDI work! This is expensive to do people!!!!!!!!! |
| faceoff9 | This display was the work of Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio, electrical engineer. On 6 December 2005, news reports announced that Carson Williams' 2005 Christmas light display had been shut down because it was causing traffic congestion problems |
| phonehog | I am so jealous. I am lucky if all the bulbs on my net lights work. If I were to play music my home owners association would run me out. I would love to see this house in person. |
| unloadedboar_owns | zomg..........sooooo much random a-d-d spasms, i feel bad for the neighbors....................... bannana phone owns ur face off peace out PWTZ AWTZ |
| katelove101 | That hose is like 10 minutes away from me.. he stopped doing it because so many people were going to watch and there was a traffic jam that caused an accident in the neiborhood |
| killerworm | I'm the guy that posted this video. And NO, i didn't make it. lol. Just thought it was awesome and wanted to share it. Glad you all liked it. For the person who wanted to download the video, just look in your "Temporary Internet Files" for it. |
| bighighlander53 | they are so cool, but way better in concert |
| catscraig | Fantastic,Merry Christmas |
| ppppvspp | Does anybody of you know, from who the song is??? Thanks! |
| frootcayke | Now THAT guy really gets with the program!!!! Now i hate my ew dinky strings of lights Okay, family, this place is gonna look like National Lampoon's White Trash Christmas Vacation by this weekend!!! |
| vandoodle | i just saw on the news this a.m. that they had to stop the lightshow because of traffic back ups to see it. |
| chester13 | i live near this guys house. the sound you hear is form someones car, the guy who did this broadcasts the music on a small fm transmitter. |
| ppppvspp | Please, does anybody know, from which group the song is??? Please.... |
| u54pe47 | The song is called "Wizards of Winter" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. |
| jupe6686 | Mr. Williams (the owner of the house) has 3 songs with the lights choriagraphed. Out of Mason Ohio. He had to shut them down yesterday. |
| jupe6686 | There is a piece in the Dayton Daily New about. It. There was an accident that emergency crews could not get to cuz of it. Cost this guy $10K and over 25K lights |
| katmandoitall | Just called a shop; they have the CD. Picking it up tommorrow. I want this guy in my NEIGHBORHOOD. I love new age and classical music. |
 | lisasam67 | ALL the information you guys desire can be accessed on Snopes! It's 1st on the list of the Hottest 25 Legends! LOL like we didn't expect that - it's awesome art work!!!! Good day to all! |
 | orca8767 | Wow, thanks! I got my friend's friend's video tape of it. He got a Camera! This Causes for Debating! |
| troylemon2 | That was awesome.. Can't wait for next years! lol From Green Bay, Wi Thanks!! |
| prettywoman_62 | Totally Awesome! Fabulous ! I seen the homeowner on Good Morning America this last week. He's an employee of Disney or one of those Hollywood Studios, if I remember right. |
| nunyabusiness | Ya know -- it's just sad that people are too stupid and they had to shut this down |
| firemansflame | It really sucks that this had to be shut down all because of a fender bender. This guy did a great job. All we have near me is a 40 ft snowman that some guy put together with trampoline frames.LOL Can't wait to see what next years will look like. |
| kaylan77 | How do u download this please someone tell me |
| drpandley4eva | OMG that was sooooooo awesome!!!!!!!! i wonder though how u choreograph something like that? seems kinda different....nothin like i ever seen before. Too bad it had to be shut down though.... |
| wolfeasn | Message to the creator of this Christmas spectacular..AWSOM ! that is the best display ever and very very sweet music, here in England I have shared this with everyone I know..Cool, love it and the music is the best, thank you for this most amazing vid :0 |
| earlybirdy | he has another one he does to music also |
| belzibub | For all those who keep trying to put a man's effort down just cos its better than anything they could do.... the proof is in the pudding and if you opened your eyes you'd see that its been broadcast on every major television network aroun the world!! |
| belzibub | Just saw this on the news in New Zealand! Had to come online to have a look! Truely amazing mate!!!! To the people who crashed and put an end to this ...mmm maybe should have stopped your car to look!!! hehe Keep it up mate!!! |
| killerworm | I am sorry, I am not sure how to download it... I got it in an e-mail LOL. You should be able to go to their website though. Then look in your temp files. Merry Christmas!! Glad you liked it |
| killakidjaro | that was sweet good to! |
| joanncarrr | ab fab!! nadolig llawen from all us in Wales TYVM... |
| oc6325fan | boring.... |
| talldog2001 | Rumor has it that carson williams' brother Clifford has a similar light show at his house on Fowler Drive in Bellbrook, OH. but with fewer lights. |
| cbreees | This is real !!! At a website called snopes, you can search Carson Williams and find an interview with the Today show with links to other sites that will show you how to do this...and other displays. |
| kirz | That's awesome =] |
| marytom777 | I have been looking for the rest of Carson's show...supposed to be 12 minutes & 3 more songs (although I'm sure Wizards is probably the best). Anyone been able to find more? Great Job!! |
| abstraction | The house made it to the CBS World News Tonite. Apparently, because of the web popularity, the house got so much traffic (cars) that there was a collision. The police told him his house was a 'nuisance' so he shut it off till next year. |
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