December 2006
Over-The-Top Holiday Displays
The Early Show Airs Videos Of Some From Around The Nation
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Play CBS Video Video Palm Springs Light Spectacular Kenny Irwin started decorating as a kid. Today, his display has over 100 inflatable items including a 50-foot Santa, working TVs, and over 6 million lights. Dave Price has the story.
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Video Holiday Display For the Senses Joe Noe in Crooks, S.D., draped his home in lights that are timed to music. Passersby can enjoy the display by tuning in to an AM radio channel.
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Video Montana Lights Spectacular The Bolt family, of Billings, Mont., starts setting up their Christmas display, which includes 24,000 lights, in late September!
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(CBS/The Early Show)
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Friday, Dec. 22, 2006
On the manmade Balboa Island in California, Peggy Rich and Donna Dibari have have a friendly rivalry for years over whose house has the better Christmas display.
Dave Price showed viewers both on The Early Show Friday.
Rich says it takes here three weeks to set up her 50,000 lights, and her display even has a real snowman!
Dibari's has a "mere" 20,000 lights, which triple her electric bill. Among the highlights of her display: 45-foot candy canes!
To see the video, click here.
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006
Kenny Irwin, of Palm Springs, Calif., started decorating as a kid. Today, his display has over 100 inflatables, including a 50-foot Santa, working televisions and over 6 million lights. Irwin starts setting up in August and it takes until April to get them all down. His display covers four acres.
To see video of the display, click here.
The video was provided by Irwin and KPSP-TV in Palm Springs.
Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006
Joe Noe in Crooks, S.D., has absolutely gone the extra mile. People love his display for its looks, and its sound.
The noise doesn't bother the neighbors, because it can only be heard on your car radio.
Noe asks everyone who drives by to give a donation to the local Make-a-Wish Foundation.
To see the video and hear the music, click here.
KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, S.D. provided the video.
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006
In Billings, Mont., Tina, mark and Emily Bolt start setting up their 24,000 holiday lights in late September! They turn them on after Thanksgiving and leave them on until the new year arrives.
The Bolts say it makes their electric bill six times bigger than normal, but they say it's worth it.
They ask for a non-perishable food item from everyone who stops by to enjoy the lights, to benefit the local food bank.
To see the video, click here.
The video was provided by KELO-TV, in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Monday, Dec. 18, 2006
In Boise, Idaho, Nicholas Martinez has been decorating his house for about the last ten holidays with more than 100,000 lights. It takes him weeks to set it all up, and he says the neighbors won't let him stop doing it! Martinez works for the local power company, and swears he doesn't get a discount on all that extra electricity. The display is so bright, you can see it from over a mile away! KCBI-TV, in Boise, provided the video.
To see this display, click here.
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