This site is devoted to my house’s holiday light display. We’ve taken 8 strings of lights, animated them to music and are broadcasting them over the FM channel 95.3 for you to enjoy. It took a few months of planning and work, but the finished product is something we’ll remember for a long time.
Directions
We’re located in the Chapel Hill, NC neighborhood of Springcrest, just off the 40 and 15/501.
506 Perry Creek Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Hours
To be kind to our neighbors, we’re only showing from 5:30 – 9:00 daily. We’ll probably do a longer showing on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve.
How’d you do this?
In a nutshell, the lights on the house are arranged into 8 strings. Each string of lights has a wire coming from it to a controller. The controller connects to a computer and turns on and off the lights. I use a program called Vixen to create the animations and play the music. Then there’s a little FM transmitter connected to the computer broadcasting the music over the radio to your car.
Song List
Here’s the songs we’re currently playing:
Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance)
Chiron Beta Prime – Jonathan Coulton
Let it Snow – Lena Horne
Winter Wonderland – Leon Redbone
Baby it’s Cold Outside – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan