“I plan to keep doing this until I don’t have my health. He said he studies photos and videos and examines how he can improve the display from year to year. Still, he said he plans to continue to add even more lights to the display. Pfalzgraf said he is beginning to run out of available electricity and only has one more breaker box to utilize for adding more lights next year. It takes around the same amount of time to take all the decorations down and store them away in a 12 x 12-foot shed. He said he ran a bit behind this year and was still working on the setup just minutes prior to the timer flipping the lights on Nov. He said he typically begins decorating in September with a goal of turning the lights on Thanksgiving evening. The whole process involves a lot of preparation and takes around three and a half months to complete. “Plus, my son, who is turning 20, is autistic and he loves having the biggest house with all the lights, so I do it for my children also.” It just seems like not as many people do that anymore, so I started to do it for people and the bigger I get and more graphics I have, the more people come,” he said. “When I was growing up my mother and father would take me and my sisters all around the county to look at Christmas lights. Pfalzgraf said it all started with him wanting to do something special for his kids and the community to enjoy. He said the family counted around 50 cars that stopped to take in the sights on the first night alone. Hundreds of area residents make their way past the decorations each year.

This year’s newest addition is a “selfie booth,” where people driving by can stop off for a photo. New displays and lights are added each year, and the theme differs.

“Over the years, I’ve extended it from just my house to my barn and to my yard and down the road,” he said, adding that the 55 Christmas trees in his yard were mostly given to him by residents to aid in the festivities.

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