This will be our 50th year of consecutive decorating!! The first 4 years were at our home in Buffalo, the last 46 years have been here in Holland. This year will host our 18th annual family night event with our North Pole characters! As usual it will occur on the second Saturday in December. We […]
After having gone through the 70 pictures from family night with the North pole characters, there are 5 families that have not confirmed that they received their picture of their visit.Given it’s possible an incorrect email address was given to us, I am posting this so they can reach out and we can get them […]
Tonight will be a wrap for this year’s display! We have really enjoyed getting a chance to interact with our regular visitors, along with a significant number of new visitors to the display. Given the temperature swings we again are facing some thin, but very slippery ice. I used up the rest of our deicing […]
For the first time in the 45 years we have been doing our display, GPS directions have apparently contributed to a total of 3 vehicles this year (coming from North of our home) driving up our stone driveway that leads to the woods. That driveway is about 150 feet North of our actual driveway. That […]
Those who know me know I have complained how the unusually warm temperatures with their associated high winds followed by the cold temperatures associated with high winds which have been cycling back and forth over the last few weeks had been a challenge for a number of reasons. The fluctuations we have been seeing this […]
Yesterday’s 50 plus degrees led to melting snow, which unfortunately has frozen and is covered with snow leading to hazardous driving conditions. Visibility is currently down to about 150 feet with blowing snow. The roads up this way are not plowed, as crews are working on the major roads. We expect to have the display […]
The weather forecast for last night gave us some concern regarding brisk winds and blowing snow, but although it was a cold night, there was no wind, the roads were clear, and we had a very light snowfall. It turned out to be a great setting for an outside Christmas event! Had it been a […]