Pleasanton Holiday Light Display To Go Dark After 2018

PLEASANTON, CA — After more than three decades of delighting East Bay residents during the holiday season, Bob’s World in Pleasanton will go dark forever. The spectacular holiday displays at Bob’s World draw as many as 10,000 people annually. The children who visit the attraction are always treated to candy cane and/or a small toy.

“It’s time to step back and enjoy the holiday ourselves,” Stanley said in a statement. “We love Christmas, and we’ve both enjoyed the opportunity to share the excitement of the season with our friends and neighbors.”

Bob Stanley said the display started years ago when one of their sons put a string of holiday lights in his room. The lights eventually expanded through the entire house.

“It was time to move it outside,” Stanley said.

The display, which evolved from wood to wire frames with thousands of lights, steadily grew to become an iconic holiday attraction. Stanley, who is retired from the commercial furnishings business, takes three months to plan and set up his displays and he never tells the cost of his holiday electric bill.

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After this season, the Stanleys will announce the sale of the Bob’s World displays and lights on the website known as California Christmas Lights. After wrapping his final season, Stanley said he looks forward to traveling during the last quarter of the year with his wife Cathy.

The attraction will be open from Dec. 13 through Dec. 30, 2018. The display is lit from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Bob’s World is located at 2612 Calle Reynoso in Pleasanton.

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