Press & Media
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Fact sheet
- Display
- Christmas at the Hormanns
- Season
- Tuesday, November 24, 2026 through Friday, January 1, 2027
- Hours
- Nightly, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Admission
- Free
- Running since
- 2001 - 26 seasons
- Scale
- 75,805 individually controlled RGB pixels
- Show length
- 86 minutes of music across 31 songs
- Audio
- Low-power FM broadcast on 106.7 FM, plus outdoor speakers for visitors on foot
- Charity
- non-perishable food, grocery gift cards, or cash for local food banks, with the Southwest Ohio Valley Women's Club
- Interactive
- Song voting, name texting, and a button-controlled walk-through tunnel
- Christmas at the Hormanns
The story angles
- 26 years. The display started in 2001 with two homemade controllers running 8 circuits each. It now has 75,805 individually controlled pixels. The full history →
- Food bank drive. Every season, visitors donate food and cash for local food banks through the Southwest Ohio Valley Women's Club. Totals by year →
- Visitors control parts of the show. They vote for the next song from their phones, text their names onto the 18ft × 8ft grid over the front door, and press buttons in the walk-through tunnel (39,661 presses last season). How it works →
- A family project. Greg and Mary take two weeks off work every November to set it up, and the kids help on weekends. The rest of the year goes to programming songs, repairs, and building new pieces.
Photos
These are cleared for editorial use with credit to Greg & Mary Hormann. Click any image to open it full size. Even higher-resolution originals are available on request.
More is available: our photo galleries hold 196 photos across every season, and the season pages link 307 videos: individual songs, day-by-day setup and takedown, and 24 aerial drone shots of the show across 5 seasons between 2019 and 2024. The 2025 season page alone has 49. Email us if you need something specific that isn't here.
Coverage
Local TV stations have broadcast live from the display, and it shows up in the area's holiday lights lists most years.
2025
- Article Story Behind the Lights — Lakota East Spark, Dec 29 A long-form student feature by Madison Cline on how the display came together.
- Featured on Cincy Xmas Lights — Cincy Xmas Lights, Dec 22 A Facebook community with more than 36,000 followers that highlights Christmas displays around Cincinnati.
2024
- Article Christmas lights near me: Cincinnati homes decorated for the holidays — The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec 21
2023
- TV Bob Herzog visits Christmas at the Hormann's — WKRC Local 12, Dec 21
- Article 25 Nights of Lights: The best-dressed Christmas homes around Cincinnati — WLWT 5, Dec 4
- TV Create your own display at this home's high tech Christmas light show in Liberty Township — WLWT 5, Dec 1
- TV Catherine's Celebration of Lights: Christmas at the Hormanns — FOX19 NOW, Nov 22
- TV Live broadcast from the display — FOX19 NOW, Nov 22
2021
- Article You get to control the show at this Christmas lights display in Liberty Township — WLWT 5, Dec 1
Written about the display and don't see it here? Send us the link and we'll add it.
Contact
Greg Hormann - ghormann@gmail.com. For visiting details, see Plan Your Visit.