Scott Lambie took two weeks of holidays late this fall, but he didn’t fly to a sunny beach or even drive to visit relatives.
Lambie spent the time stringing together 35,000 Christmas lights and using them to cover nearly every square metre of his front lawn, trees, roof and front face of his Clinkskill Drive home. The process began in September, and has become a popular tourist attraction. It’s been a family project — he had plenty of help from his wife, Shelly, son Craig, daughter Kristen Bernath and mother-in-law Bette Lasante.
This weekend, as Lambie prepared to fire up the display and musical accompaniment, curious drivers stopped to watch.
“Programming the Christmas Led Lights to music takes a lot of time, but believe it or not, so does stringing lights on a pole,” said the Saskatoon exterminator.
Lambie said he and his wife surfed online to find ideas. Last year, they set up hundreds of blow-up characters on their lawn. This year’s theme is reminiscent of the display by Clark Griswald in the 1989 movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.