We are still at about 20,000 LEDs this year!

Major elements:
Multi-color LED Strings (~20,000 LEDs): The majority are wide-angle LEDs. There are also some sections with pointed LEDs and dome LEDs (the back yard).

Camping under the pine tree: Santa's camper and a trusty husky have pulled up to the campfire under the pine tree this year..


Tree Farm: It has 8 small Christmas trees using tomato cages wrapped in garland and rope lights. We then added some inflatables to the mix and put it behind our big archway with a wreath at the top. The path leads to the Tree Farm Truck. It is visible in the front picture at the top of the page.

Rainbow Trees: DIY project consisting of 3 - 8ft tall "trees" positioned on our trellis. Each has 100 WS2811 LEDs in strings positioned on them with a rainbow pattern moving it's way down the string. These are custom programs I made using ESP8266 controllers mounted to ESPixel minis. They can be directly controlled from my home automation system instead of just an on/off of their power.


Inflatables: This year saw an additios to the inflatables list, but the retirement of one of our oldest, the Penguins Mailing Letters. In all there are 19 inflatables presently:

• Santa in a Camper
(Affectionately known as the "chucking Santa").
• Gingerbread House
• Tree Farm Truck
• Santa Reading to Reindeer
• Santa on a Sleigh
• Hot Cocoa
• Polar Bears Sledding
• Hello Kitty
• Chipmunk
• Polar Bear Standing
• Elves and Santa Climbing a Ladder
• 4 Christmas Trees
• Dogs Holding a Candy Cane
• Husky Sitting
• Unicorn
• Kitten

Really Big Lights: The RBLs have gotten a more stable home at the porch now. For more information on them, check out their project page from 2017.

More Pictures:





Final picture of Penguins before being taken down due to damage. It is not likely they can be repaired. They are one of our oldest inflatables.