Setting up Christmas lights is a highlight of the season for many. For Randy and Pam Endvick on Hixwood Road south of Stanley, it’s a holiday tradition standing 20 years. The display at W1115 Hixwood Road has grown each year, featuring a nativity, lighted pine trees, numerous yard displays, and even reindeer up on the rooftop, the display with 70,000 lights visible from Highway 29 to the north.
Randy shared more recently on how it all got started.
“I started putting up Christmas lights about 20 years ago to celebrate the Christmas season,” he said. “There were a lot fewer lights when I first started. As LED lights came out, it was much easier to add lights because you don’t need as many outlet sources; you can attach multiple strings of lights without issues. When I started, my kids were young, and they loved the lights! With each year, I kept adding more and more, and they loved it.”
Central to each year’s display is a nativity scene, along with lighted pine trees.
“I always put up a nativity scene, which is important to celebrate the season,” Endvick said. “The pine trees are a big part of the display. We have over 30 pines and most trees have two different colored lights, and the last couple of years, the tops of the trees all had moving lights. The trees take a long time as they are about 30 feet high and need a lot of lights for coverage.”
Also important to the display is safety, with work beginning on rooftop decorations in late September to early October, before the snow hits. This is after Randy ended up in the ER about 15 years ago when a ladder slipped as he was hanging lights on the garage peaks, resulting in a concussion.
“Since then, I’m very careful to finish the high areas before the snow hits,” he said. “My brother, Richie, also puts up a similar display and we do spend a lot of time talking about the lights, looking for deals on lights, and occasionally exchanging lights if one of us needs something.” 
Now some 20 years old, the light display on Hixwood Road has grown, with new display elements added each year.
“Each year, I try to add something new,” Endvick said. “In the last few years, I’ve added more blow molds and blow-up figures. When my kids were little, they all helped as much as they could, and my son, Nick, really got into helping me. For the last several years, I have done all the lights myself. My wife does help bring down all the bins of lights and blow molds from the garage attic. I estimate that I put up roughly 70,000 lights, spending 20 to 30 hours for several weeks. There’s a lot of preparation before I put the lights up. I make sure each string of lights work, replacing bulbs and rewiring.”
Now up on Hixwood Road, the Randy and Pam Endvick Christmas light display is a sight to behold!