2010 SCREENSHOT of Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease

Use the three christmas webcams for a live view of over 20,000 christmas lights and also CONTROL them - heck, you can even inflate (or deflate) the giant Elmo, Frosty, Santa, and Homer Simpson - D'OH! All three webcams are online from Thanksgiving to Jan 1st between 1700 to 2200 MST (GMT-7) which is when you can turn stuff on & off to entertain the neighbors. Plus send "Instant Messages via Webcam" for all to see. HO HO HO! ;-)

If you enjoy the christmas lights, please consider donating a few dollars (tax deductible) to the over $50,000 raised for the Univ of Maryland Center for Celiac Research.

$1,000: Bronner's Christmas Wonderland - Christmas Decorations - Christmas Lights Etc - Christmas Yard Decorations - Halloween Express - HolidayLED Christmas Lights - KIYU Burrito Reindeer! - LED Christmas Lights - Mr. Costumes - Outdoor Lighting - Personalized Christmas Cards - Photo Christmas Cards - Unique Christmas Gifts
$100: Anonymous - Njcgl - Todd "Extra Crispy" Bradley - Bluto ($500)
$1: Dirk and Kyle Komarnitsky ... and their Big Green Buddy and other $1-$99 contributions Click here for info on how to make a charitable donation for Celiac Disease

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Christmas Lights Webcam will be online late tonight - watching for Santa on a busy Christmas Eve ... HO-HO-HO! ;-)

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Halloween & Christmas FAQ should answer most questions - plus some misc. media reports
The lights are wind powered and carbon neutral - Al Gore would be proud!
The Christmas decorations throughout the years and even more cool Christmas pictures
Other folks who have done nutty stuff like this and watch entertaining time-lapse footage of Christmas lights videos
More about the Zany Guy behind all this and also see his Halloween Decorations! ;-)
What is new for Christmas 2010 and for Halloween 2010

HULK says Puny Humans can add some cheerful christmasy comments now in the Christmas Blog

While I appreciate the folks who have asked if they can donate/PayPal to cover the costs of the lights and (wind powered and carbon offsett'ed!) electricity, I've never asked for donations and don't plan to change that. While it is a bit of work to put up all the Christmas stuff, I do it anyway for the neighborhood kids and the web site is just my way of saying "Merry Christmas" to folks around the world. If you feel compelled to make some sort of donation, my kids have celiac disease so make a donation toward medical research at the University of Maryland - tell 'em Komar.Org sent 'ya! ;-)

Circuit Layout & Electrical Analysis for Christmas 2010
Circuit   X10-Zone   Amps   Lights   Description
Panel-1       1       7.9    2,600   Burrito Reindeer, Christmas Tree Farm, Juniper Nets
Balcony       1       2.8      600   Plane, Stars, Wreaths, Tree, HULK SpotLight!
Panel-1       2       6.0    2,000   10 foot and lower LED lighted trees, lower Juniper
Balcony       2       3.6    1,100   Swag, Bells, Inflatable Tree, Grinch/Homer/Santa, LED Skeleton
Panel-4       3       7.1    2,200   Sidewalk Candy Canes & Figurines, West Tree
Garage-E      3       5.7    1,900   Garage Icicles, Front Door Swag
Panel-3       4       6.0    3,100   Upper Roof Icicles, Purple Orbs, Column & Bubble Lights
Panel-3       4       6.6    1,100   SnowGlobe, LED Tree, Penguin, Bells, Santa Heli
Panel-2       5       2.4      600   Giant Inflatable Frosty, Candy Canes
Garage        5       0.6      100   Inflatable Elmo - Tickle me!
Window-U      5       0.8      500   Upper Window Decorations
Panel-2       6       4.9    1,000   HO, Inflatable Frosty Family, Tin Man
Garage        6       1.3      150   SpongeBob SquarePants, Stars
Panel-2       7       2.0      700   HO, Inflatable Pumpkin - Jack is Back!!!
Garage        7       0.6       50   Inflatable Santa - twelve feet high!
Window-L      7       1.5      500   Lower Window Decorations
Panel-2       8       3.8      200   Santa Balloon, Doggie
Panel-4       8       1.0      400   Chimney Stars & Swag
Garage        8       0.8      100   Inflatable Homer Simpson - D'OH!
Panel-4       *       3.7    1,700   ON/OFF (1/2), Santa Skier (5), Roof Outline (6), Santa Plane (7)
Office        *       1.5      400   Various stuff in Santa's Workshop!  ;-)
                                        1:Rainier Beer    2:Santa's Workshop    3:Candles/LightUP!   4:Hulk Lamp/Red Bells
                                        5:Merry Banner    6:Groovy Lava Lamps   7:Stepping Santa     8:Red/Green Present
TOTALS       21      70.6   21,000   TOTALS

A question often asked is how much does it cost to light the holiday display - the electrical meter does spin a bit faster. That's easy to calculate - with all 21,000 lights ON, the current draw is 70.6 amps. Multiply by 120 Volts and divide by 1,000 to get 8.4 KiloWatts. The electricity cost in Colorado is about 10 cents per KiloWatt-Hour, so to run the display continuously for an hour, it costs 84 cents/hour - not much! But remember that Internet Surfers are turning the lights on & off ... so divide that by two and then multiply by the 5 hours/day it's active, and the electricty costs 210 cents per day. Multiply that by 31 days and for $65, a whole month of holiday fun is provided to people around the world ... plus some awareness and thousands of dollars in donations for Celiac Disease Research!

2010 Christmas Lights Webcam Updates

For reference, here is the christmas 2009 webcam updates.

2010_09_21: I normally warmup for Christmas with halloween decorations and the halloween webcam. However, because of various personal reasons - my wife had breast cancer surgery and my Dad passed away recently - I'm taking a break on Halloween for 2010. Hulk, Frankenstein, Pumpkin Jack, and the Witches/Skulls/etc. will be back next year for Halloween 2011. But I'm still planning to put up Christmas Lights this year along with the Christmas Webcam ... HO-HO-HO! ;-)

2010_10_26: With two months to go before December 25th, the Christmas Blog has been turned on for those fans that want to start commenting.

2010_10_31: It was a bit strange not having Frankenstein, Pumpkins, Skulls, Witches, and Homer Simpson around tonight. While normally I stay home for the hundreds of people that come by to trick-or-treat while my wife takes the kids out, I went around the neighborhood with them this year - a nice change of pace. But I look forward to really having Halloween in 2011 back at my place - D'OH! ;-)

2010_11_24: Some semi-decent weather over Thanksgiving, so in between bites of turkey, I'm working to get everything setup before the cold, wind, and snow arrive. I'll be turning on the webcams periodically as many people request to watch the setup - also see the Christmas Videos page.

2010_11_28: Most of the house is setup along with the various inflatable Santa, Frosty, Elmo, SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson (D'OH!), so the webcams are turned on and we're fully operational for Christmas ... HO-HO-HO! ;-)

2010_12_03: While it wasn't quite the predicted "Hurricane Force Winds", 50+MPH gusts can still destroy a Christmas Display - more info/pics here. So I had to shut things down as I moved what I could inside the garage and bunge'd down the rest. As you might expect, the HULK stood up to the wind (his Santa Hat flew off) but even some staked down stuff was knocked over. But fortunately, nothing too bad and after some repairing the next morning, everything was back up for the next night's show.

2010_12_05: After the "repair job", I added a few more things to the display for a final count of 21,000 lights - all a big hit when a Horse Drawn Sleigh came by tonight.

2010_12_15: National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning, but it veered to the South and fizzled out ... so not really even a trace of snow. While the mountains/ski areas are getting pounded, there's been no major dumpage in town. I'm not asking for several feet (as in 2006) but would be nice if the weather gods gave us a White Christmas - only 10 days to go.