Well this time around it is not any individual or group
setting a record but a family has entered in to the coveted hall of fame. David
and Janean Richards enlightened their home with an astonishing 331,038 different lights to make their home the
highlight of the city. So Santa might
have not faced any hardships to trace 3
Tennyson Crescent in the Canberra suburb of Forrest the home of the
Richards in the wee hours of Christmas
night. For Santa can be sure to have
enough lights around the area so much so that even people around could
notice him on his arrival. The entire area turned luminous as ever. In their pursuit of decorating
their home with the beautiful lights they used the new
found fame of their house to raise money
for charity.
Canberra father David Richards
used 29,630m of LED strings, 15,000 cable ties and one 18m of light-controlled
tree (27 kilometers of lights) to become the first to hold the record for the
largest outdoor Christmas lights display, according to World Record . This reindeer light display is
just the tip of the iceberg, forming part of more than 330,000 Christmas lights
in the world's largest ever outdoor display. The light arrangements was not just a day’s affair for Richards. It
has taken four long years to come
up with the entire arrangements and design. And Mr Richards was quick enough to
admit that he has had enough of setting lights display for the past four years
and he now looks forward to donate the lights to someone who would use the
lights to help raise money for charity.
And to break the record they needed atleast 2,50,000 lights to script their story of success. As
the previous record for the most lights lit simultaneously on a Christmas tree counted to 1,94,672. Set by Kiwanas Malmedy
in Belgium. So with the 3,30,000 lights Mr Richards has smashed the Belgium
record easily.
The Largest outdoor Christmas Lights Display counted to 3,30,000 lights with 15,000 cable
ties and was set by David Richards at
Canberra ,Australia on December 6,2011.
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