Fun Facts


  • The two Garage RGBTVs with 2,048 pixels each! Every pixel is made up of 3 mini lights (red/green/blue), so technically in total there are 3456 lights with each RGB Pixel Matrix TV alone! (we only count the 3 lights within a pixel “node” as one light)
  • Each of the three RGB TV Pixel Matrix on the Top Roof/Yard has 1152 pixels.
  • This display uses around 7600 feet of extension cords spanning to just shy of 1.45 miles made up of over 421 individual cords.
  • There are 27 Computerized Boards used in this show. Of these 13 are primary network-connected devices and 14 are extension controllers
  • There are 50 vertical pixel stakes spread across the yard that our kids built
  • Two decorations have been passed down 3 generations in our family with another two passed down 2 generations
  • This display has 92 standard plugs/circuits and 106 RGB output ports in use.
  • At full capacity, this display uses 71 amps and 8,520 watts, which is roughly the same as 568 “standard” LED light bulb 100 watt equivalents used in many houses
  • For safety and reliability, the display spans across 6 circuits on our main electrical panel
  • There are 7 dedicated computers used to run the show, that are the size of a credit card (Raspberry Pis).
  • There is about 45,000 LED Christmas Lights/RGB Nodes in this display. That means there is more than two lights per person for the entire population of Albert Lea MN.
  • The drummer boy is 16 feet tall, making him almost 3 people high.
  • We designed AND built the drummer boy ourselves using corrugated plastic sheets and over 1,700 lights.
  • Each singing tree has 750 lights, which is about double an average indoor Christmas tree.
  • We start planning the show typically in February for the following year, taking about 8 months to design, build and create.
  • On average it takes us ~110 hours to just physically set up everything
  • During a typical holiday season, the full display will run almost 900 times.

  • We have nearly all of the Christmas Lights put up by the week after Halloween (thanks to Minnesota winters!)