Is the house on fire? No, it’s Christmas lights!

As those of you who know me well know, I generally just don’t get all that excited about Christmas. It’s a time when commercialism runs rampant, Christians behave badly (war on Christmas?), and all kinds of religous and secular things get mixed in ways that make me shiver. Everyone I know, my beloved wife included, completely disagree with me and are determined to give me some Christmas spirit.

I did come across something recently that’s just downright cool though. A guy has programmed his Christmas lights to play in sync with music, which he puts out through a low power FM broadcast. (You tune in through your car’s radio, and watch the show).

To see the lights, visit this website here. You’ll need Windows media player, and if you’re on a slow connection, it might take a minute for the video to download.

Also, if you’re ever the skeptic and wonder if this is actually real, as I did, you can read about this display over at Yahoo! News. Update, the Yahoo! story is gone, but ABC News also has the story here.

Bah-Humbug.