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Thanks For A Great Season!

phil — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:37:16 +0000

Read on for a final donation tally and an update on what’s coming next year!

We just wanted to say “Thanks!” to everyone who helped make this Christmas season so great. Whether you sent us a nice note or just waved as you saw us coming or going, we appreciate all the positive feedback. We also apologize for not getting back to everyone… There was simply too much to keep up!

The grand total collected for the Wilton Food Pantry as of 10 PM on January 6th was $1,165.39 which is the equivalent of ~7284 lbs of food at the discount price the Food Pantry gets from the Good Shepard Food Bank in Auburn. We’ll be bringing all of your checks and another check for the cash and online donations to Kitty McDonald (the Food Pantry Administrator) later this week. Thanks go out to everyone for your contributions, but a special thanks to the 3 angels who each contributed $100.00, and another special thanks to all those who wanted to give so badly that it came down to pennies. It all helps the cause and goes a long way. In fact, the coin donations alone were enough to buy more than 50 lbs of food for families in need. Way to go!

And just to answer what is by far the most common question we get – Yes we plan to set the display up again next year. In fact, we’ve already started editing new music tracks and stocking up on new lights (despite the low quantities available in after Christmas sales, we were still able to find the bargains).

New Lights For Christmas 2010

We plan to add roughly 13,000 more lights next year bringing our total to somewhere around 30,000*, adding some color to the house, and a special addition we think everyone will really love.

So once again, thank you all for such a wonderful season. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that the new year is filled with many blessings for you and yours!

We’ll see you in October for the Halloween display!

Peace,

Kim & Phil

* – Clark Griswald only had 25,000… But who’s counting?

Final Nights of 2009/2010

phil — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:57:59 +0000

Just a quick heads up that tonight, Tuesday the 5th, is the last night we’ll have non-traditional music in the playlist, and tomorrow, Wednesday the 6th, is the last night the display will be running at all, and will have the normal Christmas music set that night. We may run some tests after that date to help with planning for next year, but it will no longer be running 5-10 after the 6th. We need to start tearing it down and putting it away before the winter does any more damage or buries it deeper.

Storm Damage

phil — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:31:58 +0000

Upon digging the display out after this weekend’s storm we’ve found that one of the 2 ropes which holds the light harness at the top of the “mega tree” has failed. The ropes we used are rated for double the weight, and we used 2 of them, but it let go anyway. Right now, the assembly at the top of the tree is hanging rather precariously at a wierd angle held up by a single rope and we’re not sure how long it’s going to stay there. We thought about it and decided that trying to fix it would do more harm than good, at this point, so we’ve opted to just let it go as long as it will last, and we’ll deal with it after the 6th.

So in summary – If you want to see the full display, do it quick. We’re not sure how much longer that part of it will be around.

Facebook!

phil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:40:06 +0000

Wilton Lights! is now on Facebook. Our website referral statistics tell us Facebook is where everyone is talking about the display, so we figured we might as well give the display some presence there. If the display is down for whatever reason, we’ll be sure to make note of it there so folks don’t waste a trip down.

And just to keep things interesting, we’ve posted a few “behind the scenes” pictures to Facebook which aren’t available on this website!

You can “become a fan” today!

Merry Christmas!