Tsawwassen’s Owen Pighin keeps his Christmas display a lights-only endeavour.
“I think it’s simplistic. People can enjoy it,” he says. “It’s the classic look for me.”
Pighin estimates the display at 476 Milsom Wynd includes 30,000 lights. He adds a little bit more, 500 to 1,000, every year.
He’s been doing a large display since the mid-1990s and since 2007 in Tsawwassen.
“We moved from Vancouver and I just kept it going,” he says.
Pighin says he started doing it for his kids, who are almost all adults now.
“I’ll still say I do it for the kids. That’s the bottom line.”
Pighin, a hockey coach in the area for many years, starts working on the setup on the first day of November for an hour a night. It usually takes 13 or 14 days to finish.
• Bobby and Judith Olszowiec are back at it again.
They took a year off from doing a big light display due to the fact Bobby suffered a major shoulder injury after tripping over a very friendly dog at the dog park.
Their Ladner home features a fully redesigned display with many new lights as well as lights in motion set to music.
The display, at 5856-50th Ave., includes over 12,000 lights at last count. It can be seen from 6 to 11 p.m. seven days a week until Jan. 8.
• Rose and Lyle McClelland’s place at 5403-47th Ave. in Ladner is once again all lit up for the holiday season.
Their theme is Birds and Nature Wonderland with lighted birds on the house railing, birds in a lighted birdbath in the garden and a birdhouse.
There’s also a squirrel, deer, mouse, polar bear and penguins, with a happy dog and owl guarding the front door.
“The very large coloured bulbs in our huge cherry tree is a revised installation and it looks spectacular if I do say so myself!” Rose says in an email.
They start working on the display, which includes about 10,000 lights, on Nov. 1 and both put in approximately 26 hours of work each.
“We’re big kids and love the colours and sounds of Christmas,” she says, adding they do the display to help light up their neighbourhood and spread Christmas cheer.
She says it’s always wonderful to see the kids’ faces as they look around.
• The Woodburne family’s Christmas light display at 5305 Camaro Dr. in Tsawwassen is choreographed to music from family favourite movie The Polar Express, featuring songs Hot Chocolate and Spirit of the Season.
Tune in to 88.7 FM to enhance your experience when checking out the display.
The display also includes a Santa Window, which is a recorded video of Santa Claus. Through the window Santa appears to interact with the audience.
The display runs from 5 to 11 p.m. nightly through New Year’s.
The Santa Window is lit Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Here is a list of some Christmas light displays around South Delta to check out:
Tsawwassen
• 4915 Weaver Drive
• 1705 Spyglass Crescent
• 5305 Camaro Drive
• 367-55A Street
• 5875 Vardon Place
• 5963-16th Avenue
• 505 Tralee Crescent
• 476 Milsom Wynd
• 526 Erin Place
• 1636 Golf Club Drive
• 5720 Goldenrod Crescent
• 5254 Camaro Drive
Ladner
• 4600 and 4700 blocks of 55A Street
• 4686-62nd Street
• 4655 Cannery Crescent
• 5152-45th Avenue
• 5160-45th Avenue
• 5403-47th Avenue
• 4858-57th Street
• 4619 Garry Street
• 6095-48A Avenue
• 5856-50th Avenue
