This is from the email I received



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Check out these christmas lights! Wouldn't you like to live next door to this guy ; )

Kym Illman from Messages on Hold has gone over the top with Christmas lighting on his Bishop Riley Way, Churclands home. It is draped in 26,500 light bulbs, run by 128 lighting channels, connected to 5km of electrical cable that all up took 220 hours to install. But the clincher is that it's choreographed to music. As you approach the street switch your car radio to 92.5fm and the Trans Siberian Orchestra starts belting out Wizards of Winter. It took 45 hours to produce the soundtrack synched up to the lights for the one song because every light has to be done individually.
If you can't make it check out a video of the choreographed display at

I am so going there to check it out... oh and take the kids to see it

Yeah, saw it on the news.
Cost him over $12,000.

Mind you as the owner of Messages on Hold, I bet he had some lackeys do the actual wiring etc.


Still looks cool

12,000 dollars is A LOT of new gear. Dammit, he could have given it to me=more gear and learn to windsurf.
Obvioulsy not addicted to anything fun in any way at all.

Dawn Patrol said...

12,000 dollars is A LOT of new gear. Dammit, he could have given it to me=more gear and learn to windsurf.
Obvioulsy not addicted to anything fun in any way at all.

12g's for him is probably like tuck shop money?
Went and checked it out last night. He had his Audi parked in the driveway. The street was kaos. People everywhere and the spirit of CHRISTmas was present.
I say good on him. He is collecting donations for a childrens fund. My wife over heard him talking about how he helped with the installation of the lights as he wanted to put some of his labour of love into it.

what christmas lights, bah humbug.