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Family Pictures

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Wedding Cake

Technology

The Countdown Clock

Original Clock (2003)

Original Clock Back (2002)

Original Clock (2004)

Clock with Half Grid (2014)

Dumb Controller (2015–2016)

Solid State Relays (2002–2017)

The Snowmen

Thank You Letter

Daytime

Snowmen Grid

Snowmen + Splash

Daytime

Falcon F16 controller in weatherproof enclosure mounted on the snowman frame

Construction

Pixels Up Close

Original snowmen wire frames during daytime setup

Emily showing the size of the snowmen

Original snowman lit up — rope light body and face, 2002

Arm back to throw — original snowman animation

Arm extended forward — original snowman animation

Snowball splat on the face — original snowman animation

The Tunnel

Building tunnel frame sections being painted - Nov 2022

Assembling the tunnel on our 25th wedding anniversary - Nov 2022

Grid hung, but not wired yet - Nov 2025

Tunnel Buttons - Nov 2025

Open for Business - Nov 2025

Lets Dance in the Tunnel - Dec 2025

The Large Grid

Single Bullet Node

Multiple Bullet Nodes

Family in Front of Grid

Front of Grid (Stored)

Back of Grid (Stored)

DMX / E1.31 with Pixels

Bullet Node

Multiple Bullet Nodes

Front of Big Grid

Back of Big Grid

Flex Strip Pixels

AlphaPix 4 Pixel Controller

Falcon F16v3

9 RGB Dumb Controller

Dumb RGB Node

Texting Your Name

Grid Names

System Architecture

Admin Interface

Song Voting

Song List

System Architecture

Name Queue

Statistics

FAQs

Christmas Information Board

Power Monitoring Box

Power Monitoring Box (Inside)

Sensor and Arduino

Chart of Amps for Each Circuit

Average Amps/sec by Song

Free Popcorn Night

Under Construction

Daytime Picture

8-Port Parallel Port Controller

The Completed Box

Solid State Relays

Wiring Schematic

Empty Relay Box

Empty Relay Box (Open)

Electrical Box (Closed)

Breaking the Tab

Electrical Box (Wired)

Wiring

Parts

Wired SSRs

Completed Wired Box

The Tools

320-Circuit Parallel Port Controller

Main controller board populated with 138 decoders and 374 flip-flop ICs, 2008

Early controller board installed in enclosure lid with wiring harness, 2002

Hand-wired back of the controller perfboard

Close-up of dense hand-wiring on the controller board

Solid-state relay boxes that sit outside, 2002

Inside solid-state relays wired to switch AC circuits

8-circuit box in clear plastic enclosure, top-down view

374 Flip-Flop

138 Decoder

Write Cycle Animation

DB-25 Parallel Port Connector

Parallel Port Pinout Diagram

Christmas 2025 at the Hormanns

The Hormanns 2025 Christmas Display

Traffic - December 20, 2025

Donations - December 22, 2025

Visitors - December 23, 2025

Free Popcorn Night

Family Singing

Building new grid to replace bushes

Visitors gathered in front of the tunnel

A visitor inside the light tunnel with Elsa

The piano keyboard effect across the grid and yard

Wide shot of digital family singing

The 25th Anniversary message on the grid

The tunnel entrance with the unicorn panel and Come inside sign

Christmas 2024 at the Hormanns

The Hormanns 2024 Christmas Display

Close-up view of the 2024 display

The Christmas Car - Nov 22, 2024

Naughty or Nice tunnel - Dec 20, 2024

Car watching - Dec 22, 2024

It is crowded - Dec 23, 2024

Driving up to the tunnel entrance, seen through the windshield

A bus of visitors at the display

Visitors watching from the hood of a car

Christmas 2023 at the Hormanns

The Hormanns 2023 Christmas Display

Santa handing out candy to visitors - Dec 24, 2023

Mrs. Claus waving to passing cars - Dec 24, 2023

Family posing in front of the Happy 2024 display on New Year's Eve

Kids watching Santa on the grid

The 12 Days of Christmas sequence on the grid

Light-covered cars parked in front of the display

An angle in the tunnel

Christmas 2022 at the Hormanns

Building tunnel frame sections in the garage - Nov 5, 2022

Assembling truss sections in the yard - Nov 10, 2022

Raising the pixel grid with a lift - Nov 10, 2022

The Ditto sign directing visitors to the neighbor's display - Dec 3, 2022

Santa greeting visitors at their cars - Dec 11, 2022

Visitors sitting on their SUV watching the show - Dec 17, 2022

Inside the new light tunnel, lit in red and white

Santa greeting a car at the end of the driveway

Visitors' cars outlined in lights parked opposite the display

A cat doing quality control on a half-built pixel panel indoors

Christmas 2021 at the Hormanns

A TV news crew set up on the lawn to film the display

A light-covered car parked in front of the display

Viewers enjoying the display from our driveway

A visitor's name in red

A box of canned goods from the food drive

The boom lift used for assembling the grid

Christmas 2020 at the Hormanns

Aerial view of cars lined up along the street to see the display

The DONATIONS HERE table set up at the end of the driveway

Cars queued along the street beside the lit display

Two kids watching from a car sun roof

Viewers silhouetted against the display

Displaying visitor names

Christmas 2019 at the Hormanns

The display on a snowy night, reflected in the wet street

The countdown clock after a snowfall

The display in blue with snow on the ground

The full 2019 display from the end of the driveway

The display in warm white with TheHormanns.net on the grid

A pixel snowman under construction in the basement

One of the cats supervising snowman panel assembly indoors

Christmas 2018 at the Hormanns

The full display in green

The display in blue and green with the arch run lit

Neighbors gathered in the yard to watch the countdown clock hit midnight

The pixel grid lit up, seen from above on the lift

Installing the grid after dark, lit by the lift's work light

The display seen at the corner of the driveway

The last frame of the visitor name sequence

Christmas 2017 at the Hormanns

The countdown clock with the full pixel panel below, October 2017

Raising the grid support in November

Cable-tying a section of pixel grid on the front lawn

Setup progress across the front of the house

Christmas 2016 at the Hormanns

The full display with the arch run and pixel grid, along with the radio station

The countdown clock counting down to Christmas

The mega tree in green

The bare grid frame set up in the back yard for testing

The rented boom lift parked in front of the house on setup day

Hanging the pixel grid from the boom lift

Christmas 2015 at the Hormanns

Mary and the kids in front of the new pixel grid, November 2015

The countdown clock and the new P10 panel below it

Pixel netting stretched over the grid frame during the day

Christmas 2014 at the Hormanns

RGB Pixel Tree

Purple Grid

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2013 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2012 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2011 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2010 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2008–2009 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2004–2007 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2003 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2002 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Controller Board

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

The Computer

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Controller Box (Closed)

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Controller Box (Open)

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Christmas 2001 at the Hormanns

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

The Star

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Boxes Hooked Up

The Computer

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

Photo from the Hormann Christmas light display

The Sign