All credit is given to Jesus
Christ, my wife, and my family. Without any of
these three I could not do what I do nor would I be
the man I am today! Thank you all!
Welcome
to WeLoveChristmasLights.com, the home of the Christmas
Light Display of Jeff and Rhonda Womack.
Currently, we live in Schertz Texas which is just
outside of San Antonio. The picture you see above
is of our display in Schertz for Christmas 2004.
We
look forward to an even bigger and better year in 2006
with more of our neighbors getting involved!
Planet Christmas: The Book.....Released!
The
publishers of the new book dedicated to Christmas Light
displays around the world have released it in the United
States, finally! The World's Most Extreme Christmas decorations
is now available for purchase from Walmart.com!
Rhonda and I are very proud to be featured on pages 96
and 97 of the book! You know it's every
Southerner's dream to be available at Walmart!
The book is a bargain at less than $10 and only 97 cents
for shipping!
A NEW HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHT ENTHUSIASTS!
Update: May 2006
Tim Rosario from BuyInflatables.com
has started a new forum for Christmas Lights
enthusiasts. The environment is very friendly and
of course it is free to join. Hopefully Tim will
remain responsive to his members. I am now posting
at
MyHolidayDisplays.com. Come join me and
others in a friendly online forum. There is room
for newbies and veterans alike!
UPDATE FRIDAY MAY 26, 2006
Wow, where has 2006 gone? It
is almost June and I haven't touched this website since
right after Christmas. I hope to do a lot of
updates this Memorial Day weekend and get some of the
issues cleared up. I have been working on a secret
project that I hope will be done soon. Hint: It
has very little to do with our display but does affect
our display.
So what can you expect for
Christmas 2006? Well, Santa's Workshop is our
theme. You will see a lot of new wire frames, more
bubble machines, more lights, a village display, and
lots more of the new energy saving LED lights. I
am pushing towards 100,000 lights for 2006 between our
yard and what my neighbor, Larry, allows us to use of
his yard. Also for 2006, I am hoping to get the
neighbors across the street more involved in decorating.
Well that is about all for
tonight, it's going to be a long weekend and hopefully I
can get a lot accomplished!
Jeff
VOTing FOR THE CHRISTMAS 2006 THEME is over
Before Christmas 2004, Rhonda
suggested that we do a rotating theme. For
Christmas 2004, we made the display our representation
of Candyland. For 2005, it is Winter Wonderland.
We have had almost 400 people vote on the theme for
2006, and the winner is......
With over one-third of the total votes,
Santa's Workshop!
Remember, the lights are still on until
10 pm on January 6th, the 12th Day of Christmas!
NEWS
Thursday, December 22nd:
Today, I am proud to say that an
interview
I did with one of my PlanetChristmas friends, Martha
Kleder, hit the web on her organization's website,
Concerned Women for
America. Thanks to Martha for the
interview! Also, please check out another of my
friends form PlanetChristmas Tim Fischer's interview on
the CWFA website.
Wednesday, December 21st: Wow, we
finally got some "love" form the local media.
Joe Vithayathil
from our local San Antonio Fox affiliate,
Fox 29,
came out to interview Jeff and do a segment. Joe
and his camerawizard (more talented than the average
cameraman!) Jack, did a great job filming and editing
the story. The segment showed tonight on the News
at Nine show and within two hours of the segment airing,
we had over 200 hits to the website. (We are
averaging about 400 hits a day, but for the 21st we hit
564!) Thanks to Joe, Jack and Fox 29 for the
coverage!We will try to get a copy of the
footage online as soon as possible.
Tuesday, December 20th: Our display came in
Third in the Residential Category in the City of Schertz
after winning the past two years. Congrats to the
First and Second Place Winners.
Monday, December 12th: The
bubble machine seems to be every kids favorite thing!
Here are a couple of pictures of kids with the bubbles.
Sunday, December 11th: Sorry
I haven't been updating as much as I would have liked.
I just made up this
quick video
to show you some of the display. Hopefully, I will
get more updated tonight or tomorrow morning. (The
video is about 4 mb)
Saturday, December 10th: Tonight was
Santa's second visit and it was a very busy night!
Santa had about 60 kids come to visit him.
Stickers and Candy Canes to all!
Monday, December 5th: There
has been a lot of press given to Carson Williams of Ohio
for his video that has been circulating the Internet.
The man who inspired Carson is Ron Lister. Ron has
graciously allowed me to post four of his videos here
for you to see!
Sunday, December 4th:
Today I spent all day hooking up the computer
control to the three Mega Trees. There are over
1,000 foot of extension cords making the three trees
dance!
Saturday, December 3rd: Tonight was Santa's first to the display for the year!
We had about a dozen kids but the quality was great, all
have assured Santa that they have been good this year!
We also had, at one time, a mini United Nations, in our
yard. We had a foreign exchange student, Galia,
from the Ukraine, her host mother who is from Panama,
and a family who is from Turkey! This was Galia's
first experience with an American Christmas.
Here's a shot of her with Santa!
Sorry
it is a little blurry Galia, next time you come back we
will get a better shot with the tripod!
As you can see in the picture with Galia, Santa has his
brand new chair! I would especially like to thank
Stan and his neighbor for designing and building the
chair and Randy for making some improvements to include
a little cushioning for old Santa! Here's a good
picture of the chair.
Thursday, December 1st: Good news
and an update to the story I mentioned on the 29th!
Looks like people of Faith stood up!
Tuesday, November 29th: Got
a little more done tonight and talked to a lot of really
nice people. Had to quit a little earlier than I
wanted to give you guys an update.
One of my friends,
Martha, sent me a link today which I found very
offensive. Hopefully some of my visitors to the
site will also find it offensive and email the mayor!
There is currently a war in Irag, one in Afghanistan and
one going on here in America. The war to remove
CHRISTMAS from the American public arena. Here is
the story for you to read for yourself:
click here. The Mayor of the city of
Novi can be reached via this
online form.
Monday, November 28th: Last
night I took a few pictures of what is done so far.
We have had a lot of new interest this year both at the
display and online here on the website. I will try
my hardest this week to get this site back to where it
should be to include pictures from past years and this
year.
Sunday, November 27th: Last
night I got a little more of the display up and running.
Right now there are about 30,000 lights on.
Hopefully before the end of this week I will have all
55,000 lights on. Pictures of this year's display
will be posted as soon as I get the whole shebang
running.
operation christmas child comes to schertz
This
year we are proud to be collecting donations for
Operation Christmas
Child at our display. Collections will
be taken throughout the duration of the display.
Some of the items needed are:
TOYS: small
cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, plastic kazoos,
harmonicas, yo-yo's, small Etch A Sketch, toys that
light up or make noise, batteries, Slinky, etc.
(These items should be small enough to fit in a shoe box
please!)
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: pens,
pencils and pencil sharpeners, crayons or markers,
rubber stamps and ink pad sets, coloring books, writing
pads or paper, solar calculators, etc.
HYGIENE ITEMS:
toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, brushes, washcloth,
etc. (No liquids please!)
OTHER: hard
candy, lollipops, mints, gum, sunglasses, flashlights
with extra batteries, ball caps, socks, T-shirts, toy
jewelry sets, hair clips, watches, small picture books,
etc. We have a special coloring page that you
could also include with your donation,
here.
Your donations will be
collected and sent to
Operation Christmas
Child headquarters in January for
distribution throughout the world. If you are not
local and would like to contribute, please
email me
and I will send you some instructions.
Christmas 2005 schedule released!
The Christmas 2005
schedule has been released! We will light up for
the first time on Thanksgiving night at 6:30 pm.
The lights will remain on each night from Thanksgiving
through the twelfth day of Christmas (January 6th).
Lights On Nightly
(Sunday through Thursday): 6:00 pm
Lights Off Nightly (Sunday through Thursday): 10:00 pm
Lights On Nightly (Friday and Saturday): 6:00 pm
Lights Off Nightly (Friday and Saturday): 10:30 pm
Special
Guest from the North Pole!
Saturday, December 24th, 7 pm to 9 pm
Sunday, December 25th, 7 pm to 9 pm (Special
thank you session for S.C.. This was requested
by several parents last year and it was a hit!)
Christmas Displays.net, the
place to watch videos on how
do make all kinds of cool Christmas Light related items!
We are proud parents of
Doxies acquired through: Just say no to Pet Stores,
Road Side Breeders, and Puppy Mills!
Search the web for rescue organizations for your favorite breed!
This
year we are proud to be collecting donations for
