Christmas on the Hill - St.Louis, Missouri


Welcome to

Christmas on the Hill



  

For years my wife has been the one who put up the Christmas decorations around our home. I only put up the lights outside where a ladder was needed. She has bought Christmas lights almost every year in the 30 years we have been married.

Christmas of 2004 I joined her love for Christmas lights, making the lights operate by computer is what sparked my interest and gave me the push I needed to help out in a big way. I guess you can say I'm hooked now! Christmas is a magical time of the year, 2007 makes our fourth year using computer operated lights.

The great thing about computerizing your display is your only limited by your imagination.

The display has 31,000 lights 500 are C9 lights, 24 small strobe lights, 6 large strobes, 6 blowmolds, and 2 large inflatables. All of the lights are computer controlled which uses 96 channels that is sync'd to music and is transmitted to 107.1 FM that can be heard on your car radio.

We are very happy living in the area and are proud to be part of the Community. We want to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, hope you enjoyed our light show.


Pictures of Santa visiting the children of Ivy Chase - 2006

Santa visits - 2005    Santa visits - 2004

Merry Christmas (demo) of the display.    

How the computer controls the display? - The computer program

What is used to control the lights? - The light controller

How is the display turned on at show time? - X10 controlled

How is the music transmitted to the car radio? - The FM transmitter

How it all got started, the man who inspired me.

Santa'sReindeer --- were seen in our neighborhood. This was before
Christmas, so Santa's reindeer had not grown their antlers yet.
 

    
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Other projects and things that helped make it all work.

#1 from the KSD-TV channel 5 news room 

Clark Griswalt (Chevy Chase) from Christmas Vacation  

#2 filmed by John Finley from KSD-TV 5 St.Louis 




Lights are up and running as of November 24

SHOW STARTS at 5:00 p.m.
show ends 10:30 p.m.Sunday thru Thursday
and 12 midnight Friday and Saturday night
everyday until Dec 30



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Judy's hand crafted
  felt slippers and
   Houses of 2006

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     Villages and
   Houses of 2006



Our neighbor Chewy with his owners Don and Judy Kaneski
Pictures of Don and Judy's Christmas Village of 2005


Merry
Christmas!

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And A
Happy

New Year!


Send email to Santa@Christmas-onthe-Hill
if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions. Copyright 2004
Tim and Patricia's Christmas on the Hill. All rights reserved.