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NY Dad's Epic 'Christmas Vacation' Light Display Would Make Clark Griswold Proud NY Dad's Epic 'Christmas Vacation' Light Display Would Make Clark Griswold Proud
NY Dad's Epic 'Christmas Vacation' Light Display Would Make Clark Griswold Proud In a quiet Long Island neighborhood, one house stands out this holiday season – not just for its 25,000 twinkling lights, but for the sheer joy and nostalgia it radiates. Crowds are flocking to Jason Orsini’s Smithtown residence each evening to take in his jaw-dropping light display: a painstaking recreation of the beloved holiday classic, "National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” The Griswold family station wagon donning their Christmas tree. Cousin Eddie’s RV. Aunt Bethany’s lime Jell-o mold. It’s all there. “I didn’t expect [the response] to be this big,” the 45-year-old Orsini, a marrie…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Home Has Guinness World Record-Setting Christmas Display Of Over 600K Lights Hudson Valley Home Has Guinness World Record-Setting Christmas Display Of Over 600K Lights
Hudson Valley Home Has Guinness World Record-Setting Christmas Display Of Over 600K Lights Hey, not in the holiday spirit yet? Well, get out of the bah humbug mood with a visit to a fabulous Christmas lights display at a Hudson Valley home that will make even the most hard-hearted smile with its almost 700,000 sparkling bulbs. The brainchild of the Dutchess County Gay family in Lagrangeville, the display holds the Guinness World Record for the most lights on a residential property.  The family first earned the title in 2014 when they hung 601,736 lights.  ERDAJT's Christmas Light DisplayERDAJT's Christmas Light Display/Facebook This year, -- the 26th anniversary of the fami…

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by Kathy Reakes