RETRO FIND: Family took Christmas light competition so seriously rival moved out of state
The Griswalds have nothing on this family. They used two miles of extension cords to light their display.
Updated: 6:36 AM PST Dec 21, 2023
Well, the warning family is at it again. You see they live on Misty Creek Drive in Erlanger and they just finished up their month long Christmas project. *** family tradition that started some 15 years ago when Bob warning went into competition with *** guy down the block. He says, well, I'm going out do you this year, Bob. He says, I'm going to take and put 3000 lights out. And I said, J you're not going to do that. I says, I'm, if you're going to have 3000, I'm going to have 4000. This year, Bob is 12,000 lights and two miles of extension cord put it all together and it looks like this. Luckily so far, no 747 s have landed in the backyard, but the street traffic picks up and fortunately the neighbors take it all in stride. If you're the kind of person that comes up to your window, every time you hear *** car stop in front of your house, you'll lose your mind. And how much is it costing Bob to turn his street into kilowatt heights last year was $300 over and above our normal charges and I expect it with the 31 days we're going to run in this year about, uh, 400 to 450. So, 15 years after the friendly competition began, Bob Warning's Christmas display is now bigger than ever. What about the guy down the street who started this whole thing? Oh, what else could he do? He moved to Florida, Michael Collins News Five on the night. Beat.
RETRO FIND: Family took Christmas light competition so seriously rival moved out of state
The Griswalds have nothing on this family. They used two miles of extension cords to light their display.
Updated: 6:36 AM PST Dec 21, 2023
Some people take their Christmas lights very seriously. They spend thousands of dollars bedecking their homes in twinkling decorations. Some even turn their displays into competition.Two families squared off in 1987, competing over who could decorate their house with the brightest and best Christmas light display. One family’s work was so impressive the other moved out of state.Watch the video above to see how amazing their light display was!If you enjoyed this video, here are a few other blasts from our past.RETRO FIND: Surprise snowstorm leads to giant snow animalThese four friends took advantage of some snowy weather in 1982 by building something better than your average snowman. Cabbage Patch Kids, just inducted into Toy Hall of Fame, were ridiculously popular in the ‘80sCabbage Patch Kids, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2023, were so popular 40 years ago that they were being sold for ridiculous amounts of money.RETRO FINDS: Remember these video games from 1980?Technology has come a long way since 1980, but at the time, these video games were the best you could get! Do you remember any of these?
ERLANGER, Ky. — Some people take their Christmas lights very seriously. They spend thousands of dollars bedecking their homes in twinkling decorations. Some even turn their displays into competition.
Two families squared off in 1987, competing over who could decorate their house with the brightest and best Christmas light display. One family’s work was so impressive the other moved out of state.
Watch the video above to see how amazing their light display was!
If you enjoyed this video, here are a few other blasts from our past.
RETRO FIND: Surprise snowstorm leads to giant snow animal
These four friends took advantage of some snowy weather in 1982 by building something better than your average snowman.
Cabbage Patch Kids, just inducted into Toy Hall of Fame, were ridiculously popular in the ‘80s
Cabbage Patch Kids, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2023, were so popular 40 years ago that they were being sold for ridiculous amounts of money.
RETRO FINDS: Remember these video games from 1980?
Technology has come a long way since 1980, but at the time, these video games were the best you could get! Do you remember any of these?