Enter Patch's “Deck the House” Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s.
If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16
Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district.
Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your holiday decorations out of the attic and “deck” your house.
After all, ‘tis the season.......
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Bryan Bartlett
12:20 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Bryan Bartlett: We have been doing a big display for 3 years now, adding more every year. This year we synchronized our lights to music creating a 40 minute show! We started doing this for our children, Bryson (7 years) and Brynn (4 years), and now they are helping to make the show their own. Some nights they dance outside for hours and pass out candy canes to visitors. What really gets us in to doing this is how much our neighbors let us know that they enjoy it and it gives us an excuse to meet new friends. We had a over 100 people show up to see the lights turned on for the first time this year. We invite all kids (and adults) to come dance with us under the lights!
Rebecca Lundregan
7:09 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Hi Bryan, I shared many of your Youtube videos with neighbors on Kerger (right up the road from you) and everyone wants to know if there is a specific time the shows starts? Do you do this all week or just on the weekends? Thanks! Rebecca
Lisa Rossi
1:09 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
That sounds amazing, Bryan! If you haven't already, you should submit your home to our contest -- the link to do so is here: http://deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/ellicottcity
Joe
4:19 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Careful!
THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WAR.
"SUFFERN, NY - The battle of the Christmas Lights has turned ugly in one gated community.
What started out as a friendly way to express the joy of the holiday season has turned into a costly incident.
Several members of a small gated community near Suffern, NY began their holiday season as any other by stringing bright multi-colored lights around their homes and planting robotic reindeers on their lawns. However, as often is the case, the tradition turned into a battle of one-upmanship between several dozen homes in the community of Elite Acres, ultimately resulting in a city wide black out.
On December 20, there was just one inflatable snowman too many causing the entire city to go completely dark."
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/26404/the-christmas-lights-war/