I have finally had the opportunity to look around online to see what other Christmas enthusiasts are doing with their displays. Here's a pretty cool display in Illinois. He uses 250 channels...just for reference, we use 96.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The 2010 Lights are OFF!
It's a bittersweet day here at Copeland Christmas...yesterday was the last day of the 2010 show! We are happy to get things back to normal around here, but we are still sad to see the daily tours end. Today we have gale force winds, so the garage would not have been opened up anyway.
It was a great season. I'm happy to say that we collected over $400 cash and donated it to the Martin County chapter of Toys For Tots. We also collected 5 overflowing shopping carts filled with toys. We met lots of great people...
Heather and Clement, the adorable baby
General Patton the Yorkie
Reef the Golden-doodle
Harley, the Yorkie
...and we said Hi to so many regulars like
Gunner and his family from Palm City
Ethel who brought our dog a Bah Humbug shirt
Beth who brought two Annalees for our collection
Dave who knows everything about German nutcrackers
Bell, the Ham and Cheese Pointer
Doug/Donna and Mitch Lee, fellow LOR enthusiasts
The Thiel Family (and baby #3) from PSL
Thank you to everyone who came out and brought a donation for Toys For Tots. Some of you brought huge trash bags filled with toys...Stevensons and Rubinos!!! We appreciate it and I know the kids do. maybe we can get John to do a guest post on his mini tour at the donation facility (at the fairgrounds).
Speaking of John, here is a photo of John a few weeks ago making his signature champagne punch.I think he only went through 4 cases this season (seriously).
Weather tonight (Dec 26)...
- Freeze Warning in effect
- Freeze Watch in effect
- Wind Chill Watch in effect
- Fire Weather Watch in effect
After a mild morning, the temperatures are dropping quickly behind a cold front pushing through South Florida today. Expect temperatures below 50 degrees by tonight, and temperatures falling below freezing by Monday morning. Expect the overnight hours to feel like the 20s for everyone.
It was a great season. I'm happy to say that we collected over $400 cash and donated it to the Martin County chapter of Toys For Tots. We also collected 5 overflowing shopping carts filled with toys. We met lots of great people...
Heather and Clement, the adorable baby
General Patton the Yorkie
Reef the Golden-doodle
Harley, the Yorkie
...and we said Hi to so many regulars like
Gunner and his family from Palm City
Ethel who brought our dog a Bah Humbug shirt
Beth who brought two Annalees for our collection
Dave who knows everything about German nutcrackers
Bell, the Ham and Cheese Pointer
Doug/Donna and Mitch Lee, fellow LOR enthusiasts
The Thiel Family (and baby #3) from PSL
Thank you to everyone who came out and brought a donation for Toys For Tots. Some of you brought huge trash bags filled with toys...Stevensons and Rubinos!!! We appreciate it and I know the kids do. maybe we can get John to do a guest post on his mini tour at the donation facility (at the fairgrounds).
Speaking of John, here is a photo of John a few weeks ago making his signature champagne punch.I think he only went through 4 cases this season (seriously).
Weather tonight (Dec 26)...
- Freeze Warning in effect
- Freeze Watch in effect
- Wind Chill Watch in effect
- Fire Weather Watch in effect
After a mild morning, the temperatures are dropping quickly behind a cold front pushing through South Florida today. Expect temperatures below 50 degrees by tonight, and temperatures falling below freezing by Monday morning. Expect the overnight hours to feel like the 20s for everyone.
After Christmas sale 2010 Part 2
We spent just over $100 at Pier 1 Imports today...which is more than we like to spend. However, we got some really cute tree ornaments that I've been eyeing all season. First, we got two tinsel top hats that will top two trees next year. 
We also got the last three glitter hanging snowflakes. The glitter gift ornaments from the Merry & Bright line are adorable and they will look great on a glitter tree next year. I think I'll do a tree which has all green/red/black glitter ornaments. It will be awesome!
We also got the last three glitter hanging snowflakes. The glitter gift ornaments from the Merry & Bright line are adorable and they will look great on a glitter tree next year. I think I'll do a tree which has all green/red/black glitter ornaments. It will be awesome!
After Christmas Shopping Part 1
We had a great morning doing our after-Christmas shopping. Today we didn't even wake up until after 8am...which is unusual because we are usually done by 8:15am! Check out our adventures from years gone by here. Today after we got home from our spree, we hit the online deals. Target the onlys store that has excellent items still available online...the only problem is that one set of LED lights is currently still $24.99. We ended up getting a few cute items from HomeDepot.com...see below.
We got two lighted tinsel gold bows that I had my eye on all season. They were $12 each (down from $20).
We also bought 6 sets of 9 ft. 54-Light LED White Bead Garland Light. They were $46 for 6 sets. Not the best deal, but they weren't available in the store, so I'm ok with the purchase.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
General Patton Meets Tinsel
Great friends and big Copeland Christmas supporters visited Copeland Christmas today. They brought nearly 2 truck loads of toys and donated them to Toys For Tots. They come each year with their Florida santa hats and huge smiles.
Here's a photo of us last year...what a cool tradition!
Here's a photo of us last year...what a cool tradition!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
The lights are on!!
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Weather Might Turn off The Lights Tonight
Here at Copeland Christmas, the weather just might shot down the lights tonight.
The local news radar shows a band of rain (green) approaching. Outside it just began to rain and the chairs have blown into the pool 3 times already. We will just let them stay in the pool for now :)
The rain is being ushered in by an Arctic Cold Front, says the news and it will be in the low 50s tonight and low 40s tomorrow (Monday).
Our only concern is that the garage faces West, and the wind is coming right out of the west...right into the garage. We might have to close up the garage to avoid all that powdery snow from blowing away.
If you plan on heading out to Copeland Christmas tonight (Dec 12) call first to make sure the house is lit up! 772 708 5254.
On a happier note, let's take a look at a recent photo from earlier this week. Here's the manger.
The rain is being ushered in by an Arctic Cold Front, says the news and it will be in the low 50s tonight and low 40s tomorrow (Monday).
Our only concern is that the garage faces West, and the wind is coming right out of the west...right into the garage. We might have to close up the garage to avoid all that powdery snow from blowing away.
If you plan on heading out to Copeland Christmas tonight (Dec 12) call first to make sure the house is lit up! 772 708 5254.
On a happier note, let's take a look at a recent photo from earlier this week. Here's the manger.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Garage Photos from 2010 Copeland Christmas Display
John and I were lucky enough to make it to my office holiday party last night. Joey watched the house for us. Tonight is John's office party, but thankfully, Joey has agreed to help us out again. All I had to do was get him some candy canes! If you come by tonight, ask for Joey...he'll get you punch and cookies. :)
Here's one of the Copeland family trains. John and Jim both love this train because there is so much going on with it!
Here we are lastnight at the Imperial office party.
Here's one of the Copeland family trains. John and Jim both love this train because there is so much going on with it!
Here we are lastnight at the Imperial office party.
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