Flyover Of Wyckoff Man's 200,000-Christmas Lights Display [Video]

WYCKOFF, NJ — Another year, another decked out Christmas light display for Jerry Ghinelli's home and it's even bigger than last year's.

It takes Ghinelli months to decorate his Zabriskie Pond home with the 200,000 lights —about 20,000 more than last year. He starts the project in June. He turned the lights on Thanksgiving night.

"It's me being creative and I enjoy it," Ghinelli said. "It shouldn't ever be stressful, putting up Christmas lights."

Ghinelli used to hire someone to do the work, but it got too expensive.

"It's a labor of love," Ghinelli said. "People don't believe that I put it up myself."

He switched to LED lights this year. He spent another $5,000 on equipment this year alone. and the electricity about $500 a month.

"It's a creative outlet and it makes a lot of people happy," Ghinelli said. "I'll look out and I'll see people crawl along in their cars and take pictures and it warms my heart."

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Photo: Screenshot of a video Barry Houldsworth filmed of his neighbor's Chrismas lights display. Houldsworth used a drone to film the property. (By Barry Houldsworth, used with permission)