2025 - 18th Year of Synchronized Light Show - todo's and done list

Todo:



11/27/2025 - Thursday

☐ 18-Bought new box store led strings for garage door lights. Need to chop r/g in half and add to each door
☐ 05-Almost forgot this new one... finish making the Dancing tree red stars.
☐ 00-Install new cat5 cable reliefs on controllers
☐ 18-Created new wire labels for north tune to and blowup Frosty.
☐ 05-Hook up snowflake machine / spotlight in front entryway.
☐ 08-Can the two blue snowflakes be made functional again.
☐ 18-Lions Barn - put cabinet hook in - saw shelf in cabinet.
☐ 00-Put new bait in trailer mouse traps.
☐ 00-Put new bait in storage shed traps.
☐ 00-setup New yard strobes???
☐ 00-build new snowflake tower???
☐ 00-finish building new cubes


Todo's that are done:


12/05/2025 - Friday
show running without issues - really need to make time to improve sequences. See I have 3 c'9 bulbs out, will try to replace tomorrow

12/04/2025 - Thursday
show running without issues

12/03/2025 - Wednesday
remove all of the snow from blowup Frosty

12/02/2025 - Monday
remove all of the ice from blowup Frosty

11/30/2025 - Sunday
Big oops! Had 6" of snow. No big deal. Get out the snow thrower and do the driveway real quick before disappearing for the next two days. Oh! By the way don't get too close to the all of the light cords on the left side of the garage. Oh crap. You got too close Dave. Lets see how much fun it is to get them unwrapped from around the auger. After a half hour I managed to get the 9 power cords unwrapped. Unfortunately I cut three of them. Pulled the plug off 1 string of the new garage door leds. But after another half hour managed to get them all repaired. Sure won't do that again!

11/29/2025 - Saturday
☑ 05-Snowflakes - Hang entry way snowflakes
☑ 05-Hang the blue led lights on dancing trees.
☑ 00-Check/verify any broken jacks on remaining RS485 signal cables
☑ 05-What to do about Let it Snow and penguin light power.


Day 28
11/28/2025 - Friday
☑ 05-put Xmas sdcard in controller - Show now running!
☑ 05-Put heater in Blowup Frosty housing and removed most of the ice that had formed while gone.

Day 27
11/27/2025 - Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 26
11/26/2025 - Wednesday
☑ 05-Put up one of the entryway snowflakes. Cold and Brrrr!!! Day 25
11/25/2025 - Tuesday
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #14 to Future arches.
☑ 05-Power cords to future arches controller.
Day 24
11/24/2025 - Monday
☑ 80-Hook up FM transmitter and Storage Director and test.
☑ 05-Snowflakes - Hang bedroom snowflakes

Day 23
11/23/2025 - Sunday

☑ 20-Test all lights - still need snowflakes.
☑ 18-Frosty - test.
☑ 18-Frosty - Setup blowup 10' Frosty - might need a new enclosure in 2026
☑ 18-Frosty - Power cord to Frosty from Power board

Day 22
11/22/2025 - Saturday
☑ Rake leaves, cut roadside rock garden
☑ 14-Dancing trees - finish assemble of dancing trees on rebars.
☑ 05-Hang the red led lights on dancing trees.
Day 21
11/21/2025 - Friday
☑ 17-Mega tree - Plug in remaining red strings.
☑ 18-Replace red rope light on north pole.
☑ 11-Put out white singing frosty.
☑ 06-Felix - hang him. Singing tree is functional and just need to incorportate into more songs now.
☑ 18-Put out north pole.
☑ Mailbox - Put out donation candy cane, red light string, and put up solar arrow light.
☑ Mailbox - Put out Donation sign spot lights.

Day 20
11/20/2025 - Thursday
Nothing done ☑ 77-Ordered new red C9 leds for tower tree light strings. Next year replacements☐ Mailbox - Put out donation candy cane, red light string, and put up solar arrow light.
☑ Mailbox - Put out Donation sign spot lights.

Day 19
11/19/2025 - Wednesday
☑ 17-Mega tree - added snubbers to 2 green strings Day 18
11/18/2025 - Tuesday
☑ 17-Mega tree - Wrapped Blue and Green led strings - red need to be done - located missing red wiring harness.

Day 17
11/17/2025 - Monday
☑ 17-Mega tree - Hung white lights - r/g/b need to be done.
☑ 18-Bought new garage door lights
☑ 16-Verify that all light controller power cords and rs-485 cat5 signal cables are connected for testing.
☑ 17-Perform testing all lights.
☑ 18-Pick up Large PVC Candy Cane from Lions Barn.
☑ 04-Power cords to South border lights.
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #4 to #0A - rgb led flood controller.
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #0A to mini tree controllers.
☑ 08-Spiral tree - Attach hoop spacers
☑ 08-Spiral Tree - Hang spiral tree lights, wire them up and test and test strobes.
☑ 08-Spiral Tree - fix bad red string - loose fuse contacts
☑ 09-RGB - Put 4x4 post for RGB flood lights controller.
☑ 09-RGB - Setup RGB controller and spot lights.
☑ 09-border - hang north border light strings.
☑ 09-border - hang north border light strings.
☑ 09-border - hang north border light strings.
☑ 11-Hook up dancing tree cords. - did a few days ago
☑ 18-Mega tree, green string too long, neet to acuire 2 additional w/b, 3 additional r/g strings. do in 2026
☑ 17-Mega tree - replace tubing? and add colored tape markers. do in 2026
☑ 05-Snowflakes - Put out garage snow flakes.
Day 16
11/16/2025 - Sunday
☑ 08-r/g light bulbs in front pathway lights
☑ 08-x-10 modules for south and north r/g eve lights
☑ 12-Put up electrical pole webcam support cabinet.
Day 15
11/15/2025 - Saturday - Jacqui and kids help
☑ 01-Get mini trees down from garage rafters
☑ 01-Put out minitrees and plug into harnesses - no testing done
☑ 01-layout mega tree ring anchors and mount ring w/new stainless screws
☑ 01-Test mega tree strings as we hung on mega tree hooks
☑ 01-Test mega tree strings and hang on mega tree hooks
☑ 01-put out north and south r/g driveway candy canes
☑ 01-put out north, south, road border lights
☑ 01-repair the "feather" tree tower lights and hang
☑ 01-put out the snowman blower container
☑ 01-put up bottom / middle section of dancing trees
☑ 01-put up south garage snow flake
☑ 08-Pull the Santa / Snowflake light down from garage rafters and placeed in front entryway.
Day 14
11/14/2025 - Friday - No progress. Too cold and too much snow
☑ 01-put out the north / south driveway candy cane hangers
Day 13
11/13/2025 - Thursday
☑ 08-Spiral tree - Put the spiral tree legs.
☑ 08-Spiral tree - Level spiral tree ring
☑ 08-Spiral tree - Put up spiral tree blue led strobes.
Day 12
11/12/2025 - Wednesday - No progress. Tool cold and b-day
Day 11
11/11/2025 - Tuesday - No progress. Too cold and too much snow
Day 10
11/10/2025 - Monday - No progress. Too cold and too much snow
Day 9
11/09/2025 - Sunday - No progress. Too cold and too much snow
Day 8
11/08/2025 - Saturday
☑ 08-Hang Penguin mountain lights.
☑ 08-Blow leaves - again and on side of house
☑ 08-plug in controller cords for tree tower lights, candy lollipops, north pole, dancing trees
☑ 17-Mega tree - need bolts for ring anchors ☑ 12-Border - Put out border light support stakes.
☑ 11-Frosty - Layout and put up Frosty snowman lollipops.
☑ 08-Put out lollipop candy lights and placed in front of "dancing trees".
☑ 08-Put mailbox cover on.
☑ 08-Attempted to get trailer interior lights working (speculating a battery issue even though voltage says 12 volts).
Day 7
11/07/2025 - Friday
☑ 13-Mow candy cane lanes.
☑ 13-Mow border light lanes.
☑ 13-Mow (again).
☑ 13-Blow leaves (again).
☑ 12-Mega tree - add corkscrew safety anchors for megatree stakes.
☑ 12-Mini trees - Get mini trees wiring harnesses down from garage rafters and layout to mini trees.
☑ 15-Felix - Modify Felix 2 x 4 support post with 4x4 post sizing.
☑ 15-Felix - Put up 4x4 post for Felix
☑ 15-Felix - Hang LightoRama controller.
☑ 15-Felix - pull from trailer and place
☑ 10-Candy Cane rotator - anchor candy cane frame with black paracord.
☑ 10-Candy Cane rotator - locate candy cane wires and connect to controller
☑ 14-Dancing Tree - get trees down from garage rafters.
☑ 08-Pull the black candy cane / border light posts out of trailer and put them in their usual typical locations.
☑ 16-Put out penguins.
☑ 10-Reindeer - Plugin reindeer. ☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from ##7/#8 to #32/#33 spiral tree.
☑ 11-Candy canes driveway - Put out Green candy canes harness.
☑ 11-Candy canes driveway - Put out Red candy cane harness.
☑ 08-Get light pole out for white singing frosty.
☑ 10-Felix - Get nervous with wind storms so I used a rope anchored to ground to help support Felix frame.
☑ 10-Felix - Put up Felix - Singing christmas pixel tree. Need to mount controller and connect power/signal cables
☑ 04-Power cords to mega tree controllers.
☑ 04-Power cords to future arches.
☑ 04-Power cords to mini tree controllers.
☑ 04-Power cord to felix singing tree.
☑ 04-Power cords to donation/candycane.
☑ 11-Frosty - Layout and mark with stakes frosty snowman location.
☑ 08-Pull the reindeer down from garage rafters and assembled and placed in their usual typical location.
☑ 08-Pulled penguins down rom garage rafters and placed in their usual typical location.
☑ 04-Power cords to North border lights.


Day 6
11/06/2025 - Thursday
☑ 04-Raise the oak trees tower lights. ☑ 04-Raise the walnut trees tower lights.
☑ 04-Get the rest of the eve boards down and test lights and place on eves.
☑ 04-Plug in South side roof eve lights.
☑ 04-Plug in North side roof eve lights.


Day 5
11/05/2025 - Wednesday
☑ 04-Put up white icycles.
☑ 04-place dancing tree rebars in line with tune to sign starting at 4' and every 3' thereafter towards driveway


Day 4
11/04/2025 - Tuesday
☑ 03-Lay out the utility flags for marking mini trees locations.
☑ 03-Lay out the utility flags for marking mega tree anchors.

☑ 03-Recalculate mega tree support rope locations for raising mega tree.
☑ 03-Mega tree star / strobe lights tested.
☑ 03-Mega tree star plugged in before raising.
☑ 03-Mega tree pole refurbishing / painting.
☑ 03-Mega tree raise center pole using "right" oak tree
☑ 04-Garage vertical lights.
☑ 04-Hammer in and hang the Candy Cane twirller fence post support.
☑ 04-Put up Candy cane twiller.


Day 3
11/03/2025 - Monday
☑ 00-Get mega tree ropes and anchors from trailer.
☑ 00-Take hay bales to Brad.
☑ 00-Replace the halloween orange/green eve led bulbs with xmas red/blue bulbs.
☑ 04-Pull the wreath down from garage storage and test and hang.
☑ 03-Lay out the utility flags for marking mini trees locations.
☑ 03-Lay out the utility flags for marking mega tree anchors.
☑ 08-Brought some more of the storage containers out of trailer.


Day 2
11/02/2025 - Sunday
☑ 100% of Halloween teardown and storage is complete.
☑ 00-South Tune to sign (should be in right location from halloween).
☑ 00-North Tune to sign needs fixing (should be in right location from halloween).
☑ 00-Put new bait in trailer mouse traps.
☑ 01-Replace any broken jacks on RS485 signal cables

☑ 00-Pull halloween tombstone stakes
☑ 00-Pull all halloween rerod stakes - label any of those not used for Christmas show. ie. ghost lights, scarecrow,
☑ 03-Erect the Spiral tree pole. (might be done from Halloween)
☑ 03-weed whipping around the spiral tree ring.
☑ 03-Get the mega tree componenets out of trailer.
☑ 03-mow lawn one more time before placing all cables.
☑ 04-Get north pole post out of trailer and place in post hole.
☑ 04-Get road sign post out of trailer and place in post hole. (should be already done from halloween
☑ 03-Get the spiral tree componenets out of trailer. (might be done from Halloween)
☑ 05-Hammer in the mega tree controller post support on #15-#16-#17-#18 and put the controllers in. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-Hammer in the mini tree controller post support on #14. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-Hammer in the spiral tree controller post support on #32-#33-#34. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #5 to #4. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 08-Brought some more of the storage containers out of trailer.


Day 1
11/01/2025 - Saturday
☑ 97% of Halloween deco has been taken down and that which I didn't take into the garage last night is in the garage drying out after the dew and light rain that has occasionally fallen.
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from mini to mega tree controllers. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from mega to Felix singing tree. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from Felix to #13. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #13 to #14. (should be done from halloween)
☑ 05-RS485 signal cable from #2 to #7/#8. (should be done from halloween)