2015
Many of our visitors ask
about the "Tree in the Window". As this is a major part of our display,
inside and out, I thought I would share with you what it looks like. This
suffered in 2014 due to our wrist injury, and was never set up, but made a
grand comeback this year. Tracy
does a marvelous job of decorating it every year. I love this tree and how
it completes our living room every year.
2015, like 2014 had its challenges for us health wise. With more help from
special elves, namely Pete Peters and Don Kohler, we were able to get the
display up myself. However once again some things just did not get completed
as we wanted to. I guess that is what is good about a living entity that is
the Display, that there is always next year. 2015 did see the realization of
a multi-year effort, the RGB
Tree. This element finally came fully to life the first full weekend we were
running. While pictures cannot do this item justice, below are some pictures
to give you an idea of what this tree is. 2015 also sadly brought back an
encore for our Heart Light/Angel in Center Stage. Tracy's mom passed away in April this
year. A week before that sad ending, our 2 Golden Girls, Jazmine and Deeogee,
walked together across the Rainbow Bridge. So our Heart Light/Angel served
again as a
memorial and 2015 Season dedication to 3 beautiful blondes whom are no
longer Lighting our Lives. We miss terribly every day. Love you all.
One of our very good friends, fellow decorator, and Great Christmas Light
Fight, 2015 segment 4 - $50K winner, Mike Ziemkowski of
Lights on Display and
Season Greeters, flipped me
his 3 original Present Elves. They unofficially became known as Sno, Mo and
Bill, and delighted our guests as they bopped up and down to the beat. They
will become added backup singers in the Show at some time very soon.
IceZee made it onto a new stage, but alas, he did not play a part in the
Show. That is planned to NOT be the case in 2016.
2015 saw the addition of a long planned item, an animated set of Bow and
Bells. These used the same RGB
technology as the
RGB Tree, its just that we only made
color changes and the bells played a rhythm role in songs. These were also a
suggestion by my neighbor Marti, and in 2016 they will have a song just for
her.
We are always tweaking our vignettes to provide a different look. Right at
the driveway, along with RGB
Bow and Bells, this is whom our vistors were greeted by.
The East Yard got a slight makeover, in so much as the Nativity, the Reason
for Our Season, moved to it. We also re-did the North Pole sign and enhanced
the North Pole vignette with snow and lights.
Thomas the Train as seen in this next picture continues to be a favorite,
especially with the younger gentlemen who come to visit.
Always one of the most important part of our Display, and the Reason for the
Season. In a new location, it was closer to our guests than it ever has
been.
Now a "Seasoned" fixture in the Display, the Icicle Tree continues to amaze
our visitors. A truly unique element that is only 4 colors on each tier,
R-G-B-W,
but we can do things with color combinations that artistically cannot even
be recreated by our RGB
Tree marvel. This also gives you the perspective of the change we
made on the roof with our Roof Snowfall. We broke up the single 16 Snowflake
diamond into 2 - 9 Snowflake geometries to frame the Icicle Tree. It turned
out great.
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