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The last night for the lights will be Saturday January 6th when they will be on from 5PM to 11PM.  Thanks to everyone who has come to see the lights this year.  We hope everyone enjoyed them.

We did unfortunately have some vandalism on Dec 23rd and fortunately the person who did it is on video on 3 different security cameras and the police have caught her.  I want to thank the Halton Regional Police for their hard work in catching this person.  It is the first time we have had any vandalism in more than 20 years.

Fortunately we were able to stay up all night on the 23rd and repair the damage that was done.

The lights are on!! Be sure to visit the North Pole in the backyard.   We have added a lot of new things this year and updated a lot of the favorites.  Hope you like it. We are hoping to keep this light display going next year as well but it is getting to be a struggle with costs going through the roof.  We thank everyone for the donations as we could not do this without the communities support.

Thanks so much for the donations to help us keep the lights on.  We know everyone is struggling this year and every penny helps as costs have gone through the roof.  THANKS SO MUCH!!!

The lights are on!!  Hope you enjoy them.  Be sure to visit the lights in the back.  You pass under a tunnel of lights to get there.

 Thanks to everyone who donated last year to help us keep the lights going as we have for 40+ years.  With the costs of hydro and materials we could not do this without the donations.

As for donations, We will still have the donation box out front and also have a link below for donations via PayPal or interac email transfer.  We have updated and added quite a few new things this year.  See if you can figure out what is new!

We are making this year a very special display with many new things.

Joanne

Display Hours.

The display is on daily from 5PM to 10PM and 11PM on Friday and Saturday.  The back display is open the same hours,   One note is that because the back has several blowups it will be closed if the wind is severe.

How can I make a donation to help with costs of the display?

Many people have been generous and helped us to maintain and improve the display. We really appreciate any donations placed in the box out front. Moneys are used to repair and upgrade the display as well as pay the huge hydro fees. Without these donations we could not continue the display but please do not feel obligated to donate. The important thing is you enjoy the display. If you want to make an online donation you can click the following button and thanks!

This links to a SECURE server.  Thanks

Donation to support display

You can also make a donation with an etransfer/interac transfer from your bank by sending to:

donations@cogeco.ca

 Thanks! Joanne Musson

 

A tragic loss to our Family

Doug Musson

Doug Musson in front of the motorcycle he made for his son Cam Musson after Cam was killed on his motorcycle.

On Monday December 18th/2017 tragedy struck our family.  Doug Musson, Our father/husband/grandfather and great grandfather and the person who started this display and creates all the figures was killed.  He was up on a ladder trying to find out why water was dripping on the pathway which might drip on visitors to the display, when the ladder fell.  He died in hospital.

Our family is devastated.  We debated even turning on the lights but decided he would want them on and he worked hard on making all of the displays.

We are truly appreciative of all the support and the outpouring of love by the community.

Joanne Musson (Doug’s wife)

There is a nice link from GLobal News here

Thanks so much for all the cards and letters as well as the donations.  We are in tears over the outpouring love from our great community.  We wish we could respond to everyone but it will be impossible but please know that every email and donation is appreciated and read by us.  It has shocked us and made us realize that there are so many good people around.

Thanks to all the people who made donations to help us keep the lights on.

Our family has been decorating our home for the holidays for more than 30 years.  It all started in Calgary, Alberta, Canada when my dad started to string up a few lights on the house.  Every year we would add additional strings of lights.

Our family moved to Burlington, Ontario, Canada in 1976. We continued to put up lights but for some reason Dad’s interest in the lights seemed to fade.  That was when I decided to take an interest in decorating the house.  It started with a few strings outlining the house.  Next a few wired form reindeers were added.  When we noticed that people would stop and look at the lights we realized that we weren’t the only ones who enjoyed Christmas lights.  That gave us the spark to get things really going.

We first decided to not only outline the house but also to “fill in” the outlines.  We wanted to keep the lights different from everyone else so decided to start custom building our own figures to decorate with.

Dad got a welder and started bending steel and welding it into forms which we had drawn on paper.  We then attached lights on the wire frames to bring the figures to life.

Every year we added more figures.  In 1997 I decided to animate some of the figures with a light controller used by DJs.   We got a dragon to wag its tail, soldiers salute, wheels to spin and fire to leave the dragon’s mouth and even a melting snowman.  2002s addition makes use of animation in a unique way.

On May 16th, 1998, our son and brother Cam was killed in a terrible accident by no fault of his.  We debated not doing the display as it would be a sad Christmas without Cam.  After much thought we decided rather than not do the display we would do it and add a special tribute to Cam, an animated Harley Davidson Motorcycle.

camtiger

Click image to learn more about Cam

This was the most difficult figure done to date.  I downloaded a picture of a Harley from Harley Davidson’s web site and converted it to a 2D outline with PhotoShop.  We printed this and used it as the pattern for our motorcycle. To see how we did this click on the “how we do it” link above.

Why do we got to all the work of putting up these lights?  Well, if no one came to see them we would stop doing them.  We do it as a celebration of Christmas.  We do it to give something back to our community.   We do it to bring smiles on people’s faces.  Contrary to what many may think, we do not do it for the publicity.  I personally shy away from the publicity and let Dad take the lime-light.  After all it was Dad who started the tradition..

Where is the display?? When is it on??

The display is located at 3360 SPRUCE AVENUE in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.  [wpgmza id=”1″] Burlington is located 30 minutes from Toronto and 30 minutes from Niagara Falls.  To get here go to the QEW and exit Walkers Line.   You then head South (towards the lake) on Walkers line and when you get to Spruce Ave, turn right.  Go along Spruce Ave. until you see the school on your right hand side and the display is located right across from the school.  If you are going to stop, please go into the school parking lot and PLEASE watch for children crossing the street.

The lights are on from December 1st to the last weekend after New Years Day from 5PM to 10 PM on weekdays and 5PM to 11PM on weekends and holidays.  

 Joanne

Can I make a donation to help with costs of the display?

Many people have been generous and helped us to maintain and improve the display. We really appreciate any donations placed in the box out front. Moneys are used to repair and upgrade the display as well as pay the huge hydro fees. Without these donations we could not continue the display but please do not feel obligated to donate. The important thing is you enjoy the display. If you want to make an online donation you can click the following button and thanks!

This links to a SECURE server.  Thanks

Donation to support display

You can also make a donation with an etransfer/interac transfer by sending to

donations@cogeco.ca

Thanks

Joanne

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