Christmas Lights Spectacular

Ahh, I'm sure everyone in the world has seen this by now, whether on YouTube (www.youtube.com) or in a beer commercial, but since it is the holidays I thought it would be a prime opportunity to remind everyone of the brilliance of this spectacle. It should be noted that synching Christmas lights to music is nothing new, but it took one visionary, Carson Williams of Mason, Ohio to make it a phenomenon in 2005.

The song is Wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra and to synchronize the music he used products from Light-O-Rama (www.lightorama.com). It is rumored that it took him two months and nearly $10,000 to accomplish this. Which just goes to show that for a few thousand dollars and a couple of months, you to could be the belle on your block.

Since this video was posted on the Internet, everyone wants to get in on the action. So all over YouTube there are other Christmas light displays, which look to be valiant efforts, but fall short of the charm that Carson Williams display had. Even Carson Williams himself tried to recreate the magic on a wire frame of his house in a park the city let him use. However, without the house, the display looks vacant and falls short from it's overall brilliance. This is of no surprise; so rarely does a sequel live up to the original.