Stats on Santa’s Milk and Cookies
We’ve been wondering why our grocery bill has gone up so much for the past month or so that Santa has been staying with us – and why it seems like we’re running out to get a couple of gallons of milk every morning! It turns our that Santa eats a lot of cookies and drinks a lot of milk while he’s here with us!
how much you ask?
760 chocolate chip cookies
95 gallons of milk
This represents an intake of 1 cookie and a 16oz. glass of milk for every 15 minutes that our display has been running.
Happy Holidays!
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who came by to see us this year! With special thanks to those who were able to make a donation to the North Texas Food Bank. We’ll be collecting donations through the January 1st so if you haven’t had a chance to make your donation yet and would still like to, please do so before the 1st. The last show of the year will be on New Years Eve and will run until midnight.
We will post the final tally soon, but estimates look like we’ll be able to make a donation on behalf of Providence to the tune of about 500-600 lbs representing about 500-600 items. THANK YOU!
Read MoreSanta and Inclimate Weather
Just a quick apology to the folks who came out last night expecting to see Santa in person and were let down. The weather contributed substantially to the situation (Santa gets cold too!) and Santa ended up feeling very under the weather in general.
We’ll try to get Santa back out for personal visits tonight and maybe Christmas night as well.
Read MoreHear the Music on your Car Radio?
I’ve spent a lot of time visiting with the folks that have stopped to see the lights this year and noticed a large number of cheery folks who love our display, but didn’t know that it was synchronized to music! Thats the best part!
If I saw out light display and didn’t know it was dancing along with the music I’d just think whoever put up all those insane flashing lights was a nut-case 
So, this little note is a reminder to all of our new friends and visitors that if you tune your car radio to 107.3fm you will hear the music that the lights are synchronized to – it’s a very cool experience!
Read MoreVader Christmas Light Show on Channel 8 News
Yesterday was one of those gratifying days that makes all the hard work worth it. Steve Stoler with Channel 8 called yesterday afternoon saying they wanted to come out and shoot our computer animated Christmas light display for the 10pm show. At about 6:15 we heard a helicopter and then saw it coming in close – very close with spotlights and all. The copter hovered for a bit, Steve arrived a few minutes later and then the mobile broadcast van arrived. In all they spent over 4 hours shooting video, interviewing the kids, editing the shows and doing a live segment on the 10pm broadcast. Very much fun!
i want to thank Channel 8 and Steve Stoler for coming out. One of our goals was to spread the word enough to get people coming out in large enough volumes to warrant the beginnings of a food drive for the North Texas Food Bank. Well, tonight we put out our first collection box and announced the drive and thanks to the support of Channel 8, 380 Guide, Frisco Online, The Dallas Morning News, KERA and others over the past week; we had the largest crown ever tonight. Including a couple of shuttles showing people around the areas light displays and a big ‘ol ‘tour bus’ full of folks from Allen! More importantly, we filled out first collection bin for the North Texas Food Bank.
I love Christmas!
Read MoreIt’s Official! Santa Claus is Coming to Providence!
Santa’s all caught up with his preparations for the big night and has agreed to come outside and visit with the kids (young and old alike!) from 7pm-9pm on Friday and Saturday December 21-22nd!
We’ll be passing out candy canes and throwing a Christmas party in the streets – SANTA STYLE!
So come on by with the kiddos and don’t forget to bring your donations to the North Texas Food Bank.
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