Nick Nelson, Sunnyslope, wraps up a guy wire to his largest, 24-foot metal tree, getting ready to truck it to a new location for his Christmas lighting display at the end of last November. Because of changes around his home, he is moving almost his entire computer-controlled show to Annie's Fun Farm on Grant Road in East Wenatchee.
With the help of Brandon Womack, left, Nick Nelson moves parts of his Christmas lighting display from his home in Sunnyslope. Ag Supply provided a boom truck and trailer to help move the large pieces of the light show.
People stay in their truck in 0-degree temperatures to watch the Nelson Family Lights display in December at its new location at Annie's Fun Farm, along Grant Road, east of East Wenatchee.
Nick Nelson, Sunnyslope, wraps up a guy wire to his largest, 24-foot metal tree, getting ready to truck it to a new location for his Christmas lighting display at the end of last November. Because of changes around his home, he is moving almost his entire computer-controlled show to Annie's Fun Farm on Grant Road in East Wenatchee.
With the help of Brandon Womack, left, Nick Nelson moves parts of his Christmas lighting display from his home in Sunnyslope. Ag Supply provided a boom truck and trailer to help move the large pieces of the light show.
People stay in their truck in 0-degree temperatures to watch the Nelson Family Lights display in December at its new location at Annie's Fun Farm, along Grant Road, east of East Wenatchee.
SUNNYSLOPE — “We’re carrying pretty much everything except the house,” said Nick Nelson at his Sunnyslope home amid new snow and over 40,000 LED lights to move to East Wenatchee.
Nelson has been wowing the Wenatchee Valley with holiday decorations placed on his front lawn — including icicle lights, a host of mini-trees, a couple of 20-foot light trees and hundreds of other decorations — since 2014. All of it has been free to enjoy since he began with just 60 lights.
Each individual light is computer-controlled, and Nelson programs the display to be sequenced to music, which viewers can listen to on the radio.
But due to construction and some hydroseeding on nearby parking, Nelson was unsure if he’d be able to put on his show last year. One major concern in moving the display would have been the electricity necessary to power the display.
Annie’s Fun Farm, located outside the city of East Wenatchee along Grant Road, reached out to Nelson about setting up the display on its property.
The good news for Nelson is there’s power already out in the field and enough to power 40,000 LED lights — about 12 20-amp circuits of power.
In late November, Nelson began the process of moving the largest decorations, the Christmas tree decorations, using a boom truck as they are too large to move otherwise.
“I know it’s huge for the community, and it combined stuff that I love doing,” he said. “I’ve always loved Christmas lights, and I love computers. And when I found out you could control Christmas lights with a computer, I was like, I’m all over that.”
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