Holiday Lights at the Lake!
We were assembling the new star last night. Bethlehem Star v3.0
Sometimes we feel like MacGyver making things. Take a look at a a sample of it.
When all else fails with spacing and keeping the lights straight use a wine cork and some zip ties!!
Tonight I will finish up with the star and adding hot glue to help keep things in place.
Set up begins this Friday (weather permitting) on the roof where our new star will be making its debut!
Saturday and Sunday we will be setting up everything else. Hopefully we will have good weather and set up goes smoothly!!
Setting up a display of this magnitude is no small feat. We appreciate the help of family more than words can ever express. The job is HUGE and weather always plays a part in setting up.
We usually have this moderately under control, but this year feels different with only 2 weeks until Thanksgiving and not a single decoration out. IF you happen to be in the area on Saturday or Sunday and want to donate an hour or 2 or more, we will not turn you away!
As is typical with Larson’s Lights we are also adding a few last minute new additions as well so keep an eye out as we post updates and pictures.
It’s that time of year!!! We are celebrating Christmas in July! If you are in the area you can tune to 87.9FM the Sled and hear great Christmas music 🎶 now through August 3rd.
We hope everyone is having a great summer!
Good day! The Lights are up and running for 2016! With two awesome nights under our belt. THANK YOU to all that have come out to see us and to our wonderful neighbors for graciously handling the extra traffic in our area.
With rain in the forecast the next several days, we wanted to take a moment to remind you about our weather procedures.
Unlike most static lighs, our display is computer operated and uses software and high voltage controller boxes to control the lights. The electrical requirements for our show require us to have water sensing (GFCI) outdoor outlets in place and to use high grade electrical cords meant for wet conditions.
Rain is a particularly great problem for our show as the very nature of a GFCI outlet is to trip (or turn off) the outlet with any presence of water. With so many cords, connections and open ends in our display, it is impossible to prevent water from entering the system! That’s where the GFCI do their job – they shut down electricity and prevent the operation of the lights until water is removed from the system. It protects the electronics and protects all of us. Sometimes we can isolate this to one element and present the rest of the show with that element disabled if we can discover where the water is entering the system. Sometimes it requires us to disable the entire show. Amount of rain, how hard it falls and the length of the wet conditions also contributes to how the system reacts.
Snow is not nearly as much a problem for us as snow has to have a very high water content to be a problem for the display.
With all of that as background information we wanted all of you to understand that while you may be able to run your lights (and your neighbors may be able to) in the rain – we may or may not be able to.
When in doubt, please check this website OR our Facebook page. We will always post when the show is offline as we never want someone to come out and be disappointed!
May you continue to find peace and joy this Christmas season
– The Larson’s
New Hope forecast
The lights are all up and reset after the storm last Friday!
We are plugging away at programming the newest additions to Larson’s Lights. If you are driving by between Wednesday and Friday, when we go live you may see a glimpse of us testing out our updated sequences and a soft launch of the show! Stay tuned for updates.
As always a few friendly reminders please:
– Don’t block our neighbors driveways
– When turning around always do so safely and at an intersection instead of a private driveway
– No loud music
– For your safety and to keep our display running – we ask that you not enter the display area
– We can’t run the display in the rain and will post when we have to shut the display down due to rain ☔️
Thank you for following us and celebrating the holiday season with us!
The Larson’s
