Welcome to Christmas in Alabama

Happy NewYear!

The lights are now off and we are finished taking down and storing the display.
We are already soldering new circuit boards and planning to add more lights and elements for Christmas 2010.
Thanks for visiting and making Christmas in Alabama part of your family's celebration!

SANTA CLAUS!

Santa visited Christmas in Alabama again this year.

Webcam

The LIVE WEBCAM has been turned off.

DAD update

AJ Bradley, the patriarch of Christmas in Alabama had 4 bypass open heart surgery in December 2009.
His rehab schedule doesn't allow him to help tear down the lights , but he is soldering away on new circuits for 2010

Countdown Clock

We built a countdown clock in 2008. It displayed the Weeks, Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds until Christmas!

It contains about 3000 bulbs and 57 computer controlled channels running on software we wrote in Visual Basic.

In 2009 the clock was modified to show only days, hours minutes and seconds until christmas.

 

 

For For Pictures of the 2006, 2007 AND 2008 display click this picture

Grand Bay Parade of Lights

Our float won first place in the 2006 parade.
CLICK HERE
for pictures and a short video of the 2006 float.

We enjoyed the 2007 parade as well, Here's a short Video
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Videos

Here is a quick clip of our Snowman's Toy Factory from 2007.
Snowballs are shoveled into the factury chute, where they are processed and come out as Teddy Bears. The bears go down a conveyor where they drop into a box, which is then tossed into the train for delivery. The conveyor belts aren't working as I'd like , since they were built with these lights. After the seaon, we will have to rebuild the belts, as we already have rebuilt the snowflakes and snowballs.

 

Click Here for some videos of the 2006 and 2007 display