What's Christmas without Christmas lights?

We don't have all our lights up yet... Hopefully that will be changing in the next few days. This extreme cold weather does not help. It was 17F this morning and a current afternoon temperature of 29F. Hey, if I wanted this type of weather, I would have stayed in Illinois!

Anyway, someone in Ohio put together a multimedia Christmas light display (ie, with synchronized music). To quote from Engadget: "So many people ended up visiting the Williams’ sub-division, that two folks got in a minor accident (next time try parking while you watch, k?), and sheriff’s deputies asked him to put an end to the revelry indefinitely. Isn’t it just like mainstream media to ruin something so precious and beautiful?"

A video of his display is available at:

http://homepage.usask.ca/%7Eamn076/lights.wmv

Instructions for seeing the video (worthwhile in my opinion):

1. If you are using Internet Explorer, clicking the link should allow IE to recognize it as a Windows media file and prompt you if you want to open it inside of IE or outside. (Not sure if it matters, but I always prefer outside). It will then use Windows Media Player to stream the video to you.
2. If you do not have .wmv files configured in your browser, then you should right click the link and select to copy the link location. Then, you should open Windows Media Player (or any other media player which plays .wmv files), select File -> Open URL -> and then paste the copied URL.
3. Of course, you can always right click the link, save on your computer, and then play from your computer as well.
   

Our Christmas display isn't multimedia. Here are some preliminary pics... I won't get a chance until around Christmas for more pics.