Monday, December 17, 2012
You voted and this house was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.
- NEWS
-
Monday, December 17, 2012
Who has the best “decked” house in Douglasville? According to the house's owner, this home House has 60,000 lights give or take a few hundred. It is synchronized to music so it makes for an entertaining display. The display runs from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. every week night and until 11:30 p.m. on weekends. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved showcasing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Give a gift to the environment this Christmas by recycling your Christmas lights at the Douglasville City Hall, Hunter Park or Jessie Davis Park.
- NEWS
-
Friday, December 14, 2012
Look for large blue bins in the lobby of City Hall, Hunter Park, and Jessie Davis Park, and just outside the front doors of the Police Department marked with these signs. Place your old, broken, or unwanted Christmas lights in the bins for recycling. Bins will be available until Jan. 4, 2013. The lights will go to NWGA Recycling here in Douglasville for recycling. "We are hoping to make residents aware that many items can be recycling outside of your normal paper, plastic and aluminum," Chan Weeks said, Keep Douglasville Beautiful executive director. Continue your Christmas recycling by recycling your live Christmas tree at the Home Depot on Douglas Blvd. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Christmas lights will also be …
With more than 60,000 lights, the show is synced to music and even includes a rear-projection video of Santa sneaking past the window and giving on-lookers a wave.
Take a drive past 3299 Spreading Oak Drive, in Douglasville, any night between 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. (till 11:30 p.m. on weekends) and you'll see a dancing light show that will set your holiday happy meter on high. With more than 60,000 lights, the show is synced to music and even includes a rear-projection video of Santa sneaking past the window and giving on-lookers a wave. Bill Learning said all of his hard work is therapy. He starts putting the yard display up in November but, in reality, he's already working on next years show. "It's really work all year," he said. "I'm already deciding what music to change and thinking about changes I'll make for next year." "Every year the show is different," said neighbor Eugene Turner. He and his …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Take a look at local light displays from individuals who just love Christmas or have a charity you may donate to in lieu of admission, and tell us who you think has the best Christmas light show.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Here's the house you voted as the best decked in town in our Deck the House contest.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
-
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Congratulations to Tara Scofield with 91 votes, the Douglasville Patch winner in our national Deck the House contest. Will Lowe be judged among the top 24 in the nation, winning $500 and giving local schools a chance at $100,000? Visit deckthehouse.patch.com Friday to find out, then vote on your favorite among the finalists that day and every day through Jan. 8. Meanwhile, you can check out all the winners from hundreds of Patches to see what the national competition offers.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Here are some of the top headlines for Douglasville and nearby Patches for Dec. 19.
Cartersville: Customers Find 8th, 9th Syringes in Walmart Clothing Acworth: Hero's Walk of Honor GreyStone Employee Lights Up Holidays The Douglasville Patch featured restaurant of the week is: Sam & Rosco's Restaurant.
Located at 503 Friendship Church Road in Douglasville, the display features about 15,000 lights, 51 plastic figures and many more decorations.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
-
Monday, December 19, 2011
It helps to know a little about electricity when you want to set up thousands of Christmas lights. GreyStone Power employee and member Dawn Lovingood’s house and yard is a favorite stop for locals seeking spectacular Christmas lights each year. Located at 503 Friendship Church Road in Douglasville, the display features about 15,000 lights, 51 plastic figures, 20 air-blown figures, 37 wooden cut outs, seven strobes and a 700-pound smoking gingerbread house, not to mention various other animatronics and figures. Lovingood’s husband, Tommy, assists with the set up and creates the wooden cut outs by hand, along with painting them. It takes the couple six full weekends of 10- or 12-hour days to set up. The last two weeks before Thanksgiving, …
John Barker
10:12 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hi Laura, the address was in the linked article: 3299 Spreading Oak Drive. Take the kids by to see it! It's awesome! more ›