THE LIGHTS ARE NOW OFF - SEE YOU THANKSGIVING, 2009

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The 2008 display is over, now planning for 2009

After a lot of hard work, the 2008 display has come and gone. Kick-off was Thanksgiving evening, and we had a steady stream of onlookers ever since. Be sure to keep checking the ElfTV 2008 pages for new videos of everything in action. Everyone that came out to see Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Grinch seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and there are probably a lot of kids dreaming of their adventure this evening. See you during the 2009 lighting season!

Did you come out to see the lights yet this year? If so, let us know if you liked it and what your favorite display was!

Santa's Landing 2007 came to a close

Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed the light and music show. The animated light show ran from 7-9pm every evening (although the lights were on around dusk, and ran a little later than 9pm). For those who braved the cold, they enjoyed the show from the warmth of their vehicles by tuning to 99.7FM to listen to the music while the lights were running. Many houses in the neighborhood were decorated, and there were a few other animated displays to brighten the evenings.

We would like to give a big thanks to all that braved the snowstorm and came out to see Santa on December 15th. We had many more visitors than we expected, given the bad weather. There were a lot of smiles on everyones face and we hope you all made it home safe and sound. Videos and pictures will be posted over the next few days, so please check back. If you took some pictures while at Santa's Landing that you would like to share, send us a note and we will be happy to post them or link to them.

Be sure to check the Workshop Notes to follow the progress of setup. There is a lot of work involved in putting up a display like this. You can also check out the pictures and videos from this years display.

What is Santa's Landing?
Santa's Landing takes place in Pingree Grove, IL. It started in 2006 when I gave a brief demo of my computer controlled light show to a few neighbors. They were thrilled, and quickly decided to make a neighborhood event. In a little over two weeks, a committee was formed, and it was decided to do a fund raiser to support the Pingree Grove Fire Protection District. Many prizes were raffled off throughout December, including a ride to Santa's Landing on a fire truck with Santa himself, flying lessons, a free Harley Davidson motorcycle rental and more gift baskets full of toys and chocolate than you could shake a stick at. Santa was outside for the kiddies every Friday and Saturday evening. In all, we raised $2500 for the cause in 2006. Check out the pictures and videos from the festivities from the links on the left.

Planning for the 2007 Santa's Landing show kicked off in September. We added a FM transmitter, more controllers and constructed new mini trees. We also added a bigger (15 feet tall!) two-color mega tree. While we are not planning a fund raiser this year, we will have the lights going (and expanded from last year!) and even a visit from Santa himself. The Grinch also made an appearance, and was on his best behavior. You can follow all the work involved in making this a success in the Head Elf's Blog.

Be sure to check out the videos of everything in action on ElfTV.

If you want to enjoy a musical and dancing house on a smaller scale, check this out:

You can buy one of these at this web site