Matt and Heather of the Hallum of Hallums House
Of Lights dazzled the judges with their Worldwide contest entry.
We'll let them explain what they have done. (if you can't wait,
watch a video now.)
Hello PlanetChristmas,
I would like to start of by wishing you a Merry
Christmas and thanking you for everything you have done by creating
PlanetChristmas. I have been a member for years and I have really
enjoyed learning and sharing information with others around the world.
My wife Heather and I recently got married in July of
2007. We purchased our house and last year was the first year we
decorated our home. In years past I installed lights for others
and had a pretty good size display at my parent's house. Once I
had my own house, I was free to go "wild" with the Christmas Lights.
We
are located in Hobbs, New Mexico. This is my first year with a
computerized display. This year we have 155,000 lights on 224 LOR
channels. We have voiceovers in between each song. Many of
the voiceovers remind visitors of the true meaning of Christmas.
It is because of the birth of Jesus Christ that we celebrate this joyous
season. We want people to enjoy the lights and display, but we
want to be able to share the love of God with them as well. Our
display has many different elements. Most of the elements I have
learned from others on PC. We have leaping arches, shooting star,
light candy cane poles, mini trees, wire lighted tress, mega tree,
stars, a cross, among other handmade décor. We also have a life
size mechanical Santa on the front porch who waves to visitors of the
display. The Santa was a project of mine.
I really enjoy working on the display throughout the
year. We really enjoy hearing about how the display touches
people's lives. I just like knowing our work will be remembered by
people for the rest of their lives. We had one lady watching the
lights last week, she was crying out front of the house because the
lights touched her. People are always coming up to the door to
thank us for the time and effort we have put into the display.
Last night we had about 50 carolers on trailers that came by. They said
that because of everything we have done for the community they wanted to
carol to us and asked us to come down the street where they had to park
so they could carol to us. It was pretty funny they wanted us to
come down the street.
We
started putting up our display the end of September. We always
turn our lights on Thanksgiving Night. After much work and
anticipation the lights were on Thanksgiving night. The traffic
this year has been heavy. Many nights we are out handing out candy
canes and helping people move along nicely. This year we are
collecting donations for the Hobbs Boys & Girls Club. Thus far we
have collected over $1,300.00 which 100% will go to help the local
children. We are excited to be able to utilize the traffic the
display draws to collect funds for a local and worthy cause.
We hear so many comments from both visitors in person
and visitors online around the world. It is amazing how even a
video on youtube can touch someone's life. Below are a few
comments we have received on our guestbook on our website:
Name Melody Cross
Location hobbs
Comments Your display is awesome. My favorite
part of the display is the excitment on my children's faces when they
watch the lights . It even made my 15 year old smile (which is a rare
event). Thanks for taking the time to brighten our Holiday. God Bless
you and your family.
Name DEBBIE MILLER
Location HOBBS
Comments I'VE BEEN BY THE HOUSE AT LEAST 8 TIMES
AND IT IS THE MOST AWESOME EXPERIENCE EACH TIME. THANK YOU
Name PK
Location Arkansas
Comments I wish I was there to see this. I saw
the video on You Tube. Awesome!! Thanks for bringing happiness to so
many people with this display!
Name Kayla McMillan
Location Lubbock, Tx
Comments WOW! I, too share a passion for
Christmas that began in my childhood and am truly inspired by your work.
AMAZING!
I was going to attach a video to the email, but it
was taking a long time to send the email. I thought attaching
links to Youtube might be better. If you need the video file
itself, please let me know and I would be more than happy to email it
too. I have several videos posted to Youtube and the links are
below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMqoXedPEfQ&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1UmvOvDGg&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGyd9IPyvU&fmt=18
I have also created a website for visitors to learn a
little more about the Christmas Light Display. If you are
interested, you can visit the website at
www.HallumsHouseOfLights.com to learn even more about the display
and how we began. Thanks for your consideration and I hope to be
hearing from you soon. Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas.
Matt & Heather Hallum
Hallums House Of Lights
www.HallumsHouseOfLights.com
