Blog Posts - Havenshire Holidays | Rochester, NY

What a rush!

12/26/2021

This year we started setting up later than ever because we were out of town (We love Disney!!). Add on a busy schedule and non ideal weather, and boy did we struggle to get it all up. We didn't even get the mega tree up this year. We didn't update any music, and we didn't add much. Only a front door wreath and, well, very pleased with the second one. A full traditional nativity scene! The other thing that happened this year was 3 significant wind events in the month of December. We've gotten pretty good about securing things but these events were big enough that even we re-enforced some stuff or brought them in. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Packed up for another year

1/9/2021

It took 2 days to take down the show: A small crew each day, around 20 man hours total. There will be more stages of final sorting, sealing up bins once things have dried out, pulling what needs to be repaired/updated, etc. I will start to edit the pictures and video taken of this year's show soon as well.

New Year's Eve

12/31/2020

Show runs till midnight, and possibly the last of the season! If weather permits, we might start taking it down tomorrow. We truly appreciate all the feedback we receive from you all, be it the "thank you's" shouted from your cars, the Facebook messages, and sometimes the thoughtful gifts. Santa brought us a cozy holiday throw blanket gift one night, and another night we came home after checking out neighborhood lights ourselves to discover this awesome trophy!! Thank you so much and we can't wait to plan for next year!

New song in the lineup

12/18/2020

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS - Disney's Mickey Mouse and Pals

By the numbers

12/16/2020

Not quite Clark Griswold status, here are this year's stats:
12,000 traditional lights + 4,500 RGB pixel bulbs = 16,500 total.
Light show software: Light-O-Rama (right here in NY in Glens Falls!)
35 days of running the show = around $75 extra on the RG&E bill. (They are all LED...very efficient!!)
Yearly budget for new additions and replacements = We'll never tell!! Seeing the smiles on children's faces makes it all worthwhile.

Happy Holidays!!

12/3/2020

The show is up and running!! New this year include RBG arches (8), replacing the incandescent arches (4). We no longer have any incandescent lights in our show, and for the first time the kitchen lights don't fade with the beat to the show. 4 new singing trees look amazing with commercial grade LED's, and they flank to the right of the display favoring the neighbors house. To effect maximum holiday cheer, we have more lights in our display this year than ever before. Check back as we add and enhance the songs, and stay tuned for an exciting announcement about this season.

September update

10/9/2020

The singing trees were completed and look great! I also upgraded the software and have been playing around with it. Also started pulling out equipment and giving it a look over. Might start hanging lights soon

Singing Trees

9/22/2020

I picked up some traditional style singing Christmas trees that were needing a new home, tweaked the mounting setup to fit our needs, fresh coat of paint, and outfitted with new LED light strings. Big thanks to Ryan of West Seneca, NY (fb: Holiday Lights on Pinewood Dr).

Communication Lines

9/22/2020

Over the winter, I added a network rack to organize our communication needs. Between the internet devices, security cameras, and light show equipment, there's lines running everywhere throughout the house!

Some changes

4/29/2020

We are changing some things around again this year (seems like we do EVERY year!) and were happy to find a home for some props we will no longer be using.