Holiday lights decorating the "North Pole Airport". Items will be donated directly to People to People Inc of Rockland (http://www.peopletopeopleinc.org).
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This year, we will be collecting NEW hats, mittens, gloves, scarves and other winter weather accessories for families in need. A collection bin can be found at our display. All monetary donations collected onsite or online are being donated to
Angel Flight North East (http://www.angelflightne.org), a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c) charitable organization. Angel Flight provides free air transportati
on in private aircraft by volunteer pilots so that children and adults may access life saving medical care. You can donate online by going to https://bit.ly/3E4ILWd or Venmo
Another certification in the books! Had an amazing time completing the Rockland BOCES TiG welding class last night. After passing the required practical exam two weeks ago, I took to the scrap aluminum supply. I free-hand cut all of these pieces to make, what else….an airplane!
Already thinking about what I can make this season from alimnum and this new skill
Congratulations to our friends at Sky Elements Drones on an epic appearance last night on America's Got Talent! Love to see all the new things you’ve done since appearing on The Great Christmas Light Fight with us. Drones are taking over the sky! But Santa needs clear airspace. So just wait till you see what we’ve got planned for this year’s display to protect the sky over the North Pole Airport.
Here a view of the eclipse you WANT TO STARE at! A temporary dip in output around 3-3:30pm today on our Empire Solar Solutions panels from the eclipse.
Already such a strong month for production.
Still the best thing we did that allows us pay $0 in electricity all year. Contact Liz Zurla or let us know if you have questions or what a personal introduction to her
We fully intend to have everything that was effected by this earthquake repaired and ready for Christmas.
Had an amazing time last night on the banks of the Hudson riving meeting up with The Great Christmas Light Fight season 11 winners Brian MIchael Michael Family Christmas Display, and Preston Ward. Preston (otherwise known as thatdroneshowguy on IG) won our episode. His amazing, world famous company Sky Elements was hired by GE to perform one of their custom shows last night Preston invited Brian and I for a front row seat!!! To say it was instantly cool is an understatement. You can see them next month on America’s Got Talent. You can see me next month opening our pool 😂.
Over the last two weeks, I had the pleasure of presenting certificates of thanks from Angel Flight of New England, the chairty we collect for, to thank those officials in our town who go above and beyond to help us safely bring joy to the community and raise charity. A huge thank you to the entire Town of Clarkstown but especially Supervisor George Hoehmann and Councilman Patrick Carroll for NYS Assembly. We are also so thankful to Cheif Wanamaker and the entire Clarkstown Police Department and the auxiliary officers as well. I don’t think our visitors know how much coordination and help we get from the Town and Police department for our First (F)Light thru closing night!
Thank you for the continued help and support as our number of visitors grow each year bringing more joy and donations to charity!
Tracking Taylor Swift’s aircraft live on the way to the Super Bowl
❤️❤️❤️Please help us show these amazing businesses some love on this post!!❤️❤️❤️
It’s with absolute thanks we recognize some amazing businesses in our community for their support and matching donations to Angel Flight of New England. Together, they added over $10,000 to our total collection of over $34,500 equaling a record breaking 115 flights.
Duke of Oil and Tune, Sabrina Perri: Allstate Insurance, Frank Perri: Allstate Insurance, Linda Fernandez Realtor Top 1% in Rockland County & Nationwide, Baby To Go, On Point Tree Service, Gary's Gutter Service, Empire Solar Solutions-Liz Zurla, Venus and Venom- Nanuet location, Gail Cirlin-Lazerus, LCSW. You all define what it means to live in an amazing community!!
Is that time of year when people are taking down decorations that might not work quite right anymore or outlived their time with you. If you are interested in donating anything, we’re always greatful to restore and give them a second life where they can still bring so much joy. Let us know. Thanks!!
***UPDATE Jan 15*** Additional online donations came in changing our total to $34,500 or 115 Angel Flights!!
Sometimes just saying thank you doesn’t cut it.
So we’re going to say it a lot!
THANK YOU to this amazing community. This year was absolutely a dream for us. We got to tell our story and show off all of our love and hard work to millions of Americans across the country on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight.
We made a promise that if we won, we were going to donate 1/2 of the prize money to People-to-People and 1/2 to Angel Flight North East. When we didn’t win, we asked all of you to help us fulfill the promise to these incredible organizations. Well…. You did! You did BIG TIME!!
From the smallest donations of a few coins in the bins, to the largest of online donations, and those matched by some of the most generous, community minded local businesses, you all fulfilled that promise and MORE!
We already shared earlier in the week that People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry now has 1.2 tons more food to distribute to those in need because of your donations.
We are elated to announce that due to your donations, we have raised $32,700 for Angel Flight of New England. That is enough to sponsor more than 109 Angel Flights of Hope to those patients desperately needing to access their life saving medical care. In comparison to 2017, the North Pole Airport raised 7 flights. We are honored to make this donation in the memory of our dear angel, Addi Carroll, forever 12 years old in our hearts and memories. Addi’s short but powerful life had a profound effect on everyone who knew her and those who could only dream to have met her. She and her family embody strength, courage, resilience and as the recipients of over 250 Angel Flights, know the value of what your donations mean to families in their position.
We started by saying we have a lot of thanks to give. The biggest thanks goes to our airport ground crew here; Christine, Olli and Logan. Their help and support year round make this fiasco a possibility and whose help is integral and an inspiration. Being on The Great Christmas Light Fight was a dream because we now have a forever gift. A gift of video that documents our family’s love of each other and truly who we are. I’ll treasure that more than any trophy!
Big thanks to all our friends and family who “earned your wings” this year helping us with setup, breakdown and all the little odds and ends, year after year.
OMG, thank you to the BEST NEIGHBORS ON THE PLANET!! You kept our secret last year when the ABC film crew showed up and you continue to keep the secret of how annoying it must be to take 10min to get into your driveway on a Saturday night.
Thank you to the amazing local business who matched your donations this year on their respective nights. We’ll be doing upcoming posts thanking each of them individually but they need to be thanked here.
Venus and Venom- Nanuet location spa donated $200.
Gary's Gutter Service matched for $500.
On Point Tree Service matched for $500 and helps us hang the plane off the side of the house.
Baby To Go matched for $500.
Empire Solar Solutions and Liz Zurla matched for $500 and then sponsored two additional flights totaling $1,100.
Linda Fernandez Realtor Top 1% in Rockland County & Nationwide matched every Sunday night this season for $1500.
Sabrina Perri: Allstate Insurance and Perri: Allstate Insurance matched every Friday night this season for $1500.
And Lenny Spiegel, the Duke..nay King himself, owner of Duke of Oil and Tune matched for every Saturday night this year and then rounded UP totaling his donation of an incredible $5000.
We get so much support and help from the Town of Clarkstown. Thank you to Supervisor George Hoehmann for all the help and support each year. Thank you to Clarkstown Councilman Patrick J. Carroll. The North Pole Airport is honored to be in Ward 4. Clarkstown Police Department is just amazing to us and our street.
Bob Milone Superintendent of Highways- Clarkstown and the entire Highway Department staff for always ensuring the street is clean and safe for all our visitors. We are honored to receive the love and support from the New City Ambulance Corps, New City Fire Engine Co. No. 1, and S.W. Johnson Fire Co. with Santa (you know who you are but your secret is safe with us.) Only your lights can put ours to shame when you come down the street. We so much appreciate all that you do for us during our display run and all year.
Have a wonderful year!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
It’s always one of our favorite days of the year! Earlier today, People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry came by for the final pickup. This year, our community helped feed thousands thru your donations here.
Together, YOU donated over 1.2 TONS of food to those in need!!! That’s 2400lbs of food.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you!!!
#1 question we always get: "What is your electric bill?".
Last weekend when I was up on the roof taking down the lights, I filmed the answer to that question that "SHOCKS" people.
It's $0.00 thanks to our 38 panels from Empire Solar Solutions and Liz Zurla.
They are offering a special start of year deal so if you're interested, message Liz directly or us and we'll gladly connect you. Also a huge thanks to them for matching your donations last Thursday PLUS sponsoring two additional flights of hope for Angel Flight of New England. There's no better time than the start of year to go solar!
Shhh…. I hijacked the page (it’s Christine)… don’t tell him🤫…
Another year has come and gone and I would be remiss if I did not say thank you to this amazing human being. Not only is he the creator of this amazing display of lights, but he is the one you will find out there each night greeting each and everyone of you, listening to your stories, learning about your families, sharing in your joy. He brings the ‘light’ and joy to many of us during the holidays and our family is so grateful for him. We love you Gary Cirlin. Thank you for being you!
And just like that………….Gone!
Many hands make “light” work. Huge thank you to our family friends and the best neighbors on the planet for a herculean effort today.
We’ll be totaling up this week with Angel Flight of New England once they reopen and will be posting the amazing news on how many flights were raised this year. Have a wonderful new years. Be safe! Hug your family extra tight tonight!
Thank you to the best community we could ever ask for!!
Freezing my jingle bells off here on the final night but can’t stop handing out candy canes to the visitors until the very end! Thank you everyone’s who’s come out tonight to make the final night so special for us!
After 25 nights of shows, we can't believe it but tonight is the final show of the season.
As luck would have it, its also a Saturday which means one final night for the Duke of Oil and Tune to match all your monetary donations towards Angel Flight of New England as they have every Saturday night this season.
Please also remember to bring non-perishable food for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry.
We can't wait to post all our thanks in the next few days.. It's been an amazing season!
Enjoy the final night! We'll be outside handing out candy canes.
LOVE when some our real hometown heroes stop by to see the lights. Thank you New City Ambulance Corps for all you do everyday and for stopping by tonight!
Look who just stopped by tonight!! Fellow The Great Christmas Light Fight Season 11 competitor Shawn Keller of Keeler Christmas Light Display in Putnam Valley. They will be up until Jan 7 and just a short 45min drive from here. Go check them out and please donate when visiting to their collection for Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley
Can’t believe it’s the last Friday post of the year but sticking with their incredibly generous commitment is Sabrina Perri: Allstate Insurance and Frank Perri: Allstate Insurance who are still machine donations tonight for Angel Flight of New England as they did every Friday this season. Weather is going to be great!! We’ll see you tonight!!!
***FINAL SHOW***
SATURDAY DECEMBER 30TH 5-11pm
(We are open tonight, Friday 5-11pm as well)
All good things must come to an end and so shall we. You have only two nights left to see the North Pole Airport, your local display featured this year on ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight.
We are soooooooo close to meeting our fundraising goal and keeping the promise we made to Angel Flight of New England and People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry. We had promised that if we won the show, we would donate the winnings to them. But we didn't win..
In the last 2 nights we will STILL need your help to push over that line and complete our promise.
Please visit with non-perishable food items and drop them in the bin at the driveway. There are also 4 cash drop boxes for monetary donations to Angel Flight NE. No cash, scan the venmo QR code.
Can't make it in person, venmo now or click the donate button here.
Thank you for making this our most exciting and best season yet!
Aside from the incredible increase in donations to the charities, the BEST part of being an alumni of The Great Christmas Light Fight is the friends we meet. For the 2nd time in as many days, we had the GCLF trophy at our house.
Last week I had the chance to drive to Hatfield, PA to see the Michael Family Christmas Display and last night, Brian and Kim came to us (on his Birthday nonetheless!!).
We had an amazing time sharing stories and laughs. To share in the joy of the experience and to hold the Stanley Cup of holiday lighting, we invited the Merritt family of Holiday Light Productions, the awesome display at 5 Merritt Dr in Nanuet to come as well.
We are open for 3 more nights. Saturday will be the final night of the season for us so head over to Merritt Dr and us if you haven’t!!
And OMG go to Hatfield, PA!!!
"What is your electric bill?" Everyone thinks it's an astoundingly high number followed by some explanation about needing an on-site diesel generator to power everything. We LOVE to surprise the heck out of people when we say, "Our electrical bill is $0.00 thanks to the 38 solar panels we have on the back side of the house." And you know what?? We use more electricity in July than we do in December (because of LED's vs Central Air and the Pool) So our display is not a special use case. We started saving on DAY 1 after getting our solar panels from Empire Solar Solutions and you can and should too!.
Liz Zurla (914-649-8923) has been a close friend of our family for years. We didn't hesitate for one moment when getting our solar from her. In fact, so many friends and neighbors on our street as well have gotten their panels from Liz.
We are so appreciate of their support of the North Pole Airport and the fact that tonight, they will be matching every monetary donation for Angel Flight of New England!!
Call or text liz and mention the North Pole Airport to receive a special bonus and more.
Thank you Liz, Marc and the entire Empire team!!
**any questions about solar for us, send us a message. We’re happy to share our personal experience!**
This is why I shouldn’t be left unsupervised!!
We had a very special guest last night. Fellow The Great Christmas Light Fight alumni and winner of his episode this season, Dan Uszaki from the amazing 8 Bit Video Game display in south Jersey. He took his trophy for a Santa Flight Sim ride, departing his hometown airport of Philadelphia International Airport. Dan is now one of the creators of GLOW at Washington Township, an amazing drive thru and Christmas village experience! Also coming by to hold the trophy is Bobby, the creator of the awesome display at 2 Gerlach Dr in New City. Thanks for coming dude! You rock!
We are so thankful to announce that tonight's donations to Angel Flight of New England are being matched by a good friend who provides the most wonderful and caring services to mothers, parents and anyone during the birth and child development process. Baby To Go servicing Rockland, Westchester and Bergen Counties provides many of the critical services such as: Childbirth Education, Labor & Postpartum Doula Support and Newborn Care Prep. Sarah is one of the kindest people we know and we are so thankful for her support and generosity.
You can find Sarah at baby-to-go.com, on Facebook and Instagram
Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate!!!!!!
We have a lot of reasons to thank our friend Joe at On Point Tree Service. Tonight especially because he will be matching ALL your monetary donations given towards Angel Flight of New England!! WOW!!! But as if that wasn't enough, we also have to thank Joe because during our setup back in October, Joe brings his trucks and crane over to our house and helps us install the giant airplane tail section that sticks off the side of the house.. Without his generosity of time, we wouldn't be able to do that cool element of this display.
If you enjoyed coming, please donate to Angel Flight and bring some non-perishable food items for collection for to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry
And always, please thank all our local businesses for their generosity by using their services.
We are lit tonight from 5-11pm.
On today’s installment of things “Only Gary” would do.
It’s the annual, calibration of 3 separate meat thermometers to grill the tenderloin. We use aviation instrumentation rules.
-All 3 go into the meat.
-Any single reading that’s out of alignment is dismissed and go with the two in agreement.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
The generosity of this amazing community continues!! Tonight we thank Garys Gutter Servlce for not only being an icon of a local business but Gary will be matching ALL your monetary donations tonight to Angel Flight of New England!!!
This is exactly the holiday spirit that drives us to make the display bigger and better each year for all our visitors.
If you enjoyed coming, please donate to Angel Flight and bring some non-perishable food items for collection for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry.
And always, please thank all our local businesses for their generosity by using their services.
We are schedule to be lit tonight from 5-11pm.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
It's Christmas Eve but it's also Sunday night which means ALL your monetary donations to Flight of New England are being matched by the one and only Linda Fernandez Realtor Top 1% in Rockland County & Nationwide. It's putting it mildly to say there would be no New City North Pole Airport without Linda. She was our agent when we found this house and didn't laugh in our faces when we put on our must have list, "side yard to accommodate a 70 foot runway".
Have a safe, healthy and wonderful Christmas Eve!!
Because the elves will be helping to guide Santa, we will be lit until MIDNIGHT!!
Come by and check out the special surprise in the Elf Traffic Control Tower tonight.. The monitors in and outside the tower will be doing LIVE tracking of Santa thanks to our friends at Flightradar24
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Tracking Taylor Swift’s aircraft live on the way to the Super Bowl
#1 question we always get: "What is your electric bill?". Last weekend when I was up on the roof taking down the lights, I filmed the answer to that question that "SHOCKS" people. It's $0.00 thanks to our 38 panels from Empire Solar Solutions and Liz Zurla. They are offering a special start of year deal so if you're interested, message Liz directly or us and we'll gladly connect you. Also a huge thanks to them for matching your donations last Thursday PLUS sponsoring two additional flights of hope for Angel Flight of New England. There's no better time than the start of year to go solar!
Many MANY thanks to come for all those who helped make last night the single greatest night in our history fundraising for Angel Flight of New England!! -We went thru over 300 cups of hot coco. -15 VIE/ Flights in the Santa Simulator -628 Photos taken in the (S)Elfie Station -Thousands of visitors Christmas Eve: We are open 5 till midnight tonight!! Make sure to check out the radar screen inside the Elf Traffic Control tower. It will have a LIVE radar tracking of SANTA himself that’s to our friends at Flightradar24!!
Hometown heroes coming to sing Christmas carols! New City Fire Engine Co No 1 THANK YOU!!
THANK YOU!!! We had the single greatest night in fundraising history for Angel Flight of New England!!! Those are the only words that come to mind this morning to so many people! Thank you to everyone who came out last night to both see the regular show and those special VIE (Very Important Elves) who signed up to fly in the Santa Flight Simulator Experience. We also have a garage stacked with boxes of food for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry!! Thank you to the business who helped make the V.I.E. Experience even better. Aunt Mia's donated 100 cookies which were devoured!!! New City Bowl & Batting Cages donated a free game to everyone who participated and everything was neatly presented an amazing swag bag from Duke of Oil and Tune who not only helped with the VIE but as always on Saturday, will be matching ALL your monetary donations (going to need a lot of oil changes to equal what we raised last night Lenny!). But most importantly, thank you to our home town heroes, New City Fire Engine Co No 1 for surprising us with lights and music blasting on their way home from the Orangetown Parade!! We can’t tell you how meaningful is it when you surprise us!!! ***Today (Sunday) Weather Update*** Due to the predicted weather, we will likely have a modified show with less if any inflatables up. Lights and music on 98.1 FM will be in full swing so if it’s bad out, please enjoy safety from your car. Please remember to scan show QR codes to donate. It works even if you zoom all the way in!
Viewing party!!!
Suffern Holiday Parade starts at 6:30pm!!
We are all over the new promo!
****BREAKING NEWS****We are beyond excited to share the world premiere of the teaser video for our upcoming episode of ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight airing on Sunday Dec 3rd at 10pm/9CT!!!TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) OPENING NIGHT:Join us tomorrow, Friday, Nov 24 as we kick off the season with our annual lighting event "First (F)Light" beginning at 7pm. (There might even be a special guest surprise!! Ho Ho Hmmmmm🤔 ). 2) VIEWING PARTY: Come watch our episode of The Great Christmas Light Fight with us at a public viewing party at The Place in New City. Arrive around 9:30 to order your food, drink, etc. (Cake will be provided complementary after the show). We will be accepting donations to Angel Flight of New England and ask you bring non-perishable food items for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry .Our display couldn't be possible without the support of our amazing community and we are so glad we can experience this incredible moment for our family with all our friends, family and community supporters.
****BREAKING NEWS**** We are beyond excited to share the world premiere of the teaser video for our upcoming episode of ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight airing on Sunday Dec 3rd at 10pm/9CT!!! TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) OPENING NIGHT: Join us tomorrow, Friday, Nov 24 as we kick off the season with our annual lighting event "First (F)Light" beginning at 7pm. (There might even be a special guest surprise!! Ho Ho Hmmmmm🤔 ) 2) VIEWING PARTY: Come watch our episode of The Great Christmas Light Fight with us at a public viewing party at The Place in New City. Arrive around 9:30 to order your food, drink, etc. (Cake will be provided complementary after the show). We will be accepting donations to Angel Flight of New England and ask you bring non-perishable food items for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry . Our display couldn't be possible without the support of our amazing community and we are so glad we can experience this incredible moment for our family with all our friends, family and community supporters.
Oh man. I know exactly what we were taking about and I’m now cringing at the dad joke I know I made. 🤭
Sunday night test with less than two weeks to go!!
1 Year ago TONIGHT we were with Carter Oosterhouse filming for ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight! Our episode airs in the season premier on Sunday, December 3 at 10pm on ABC national wide!! Before that we open our season with the First (F)Light of our display on Friday, November 24th at 7pm.
With the sun setting tonight, we are one step closer to being ready for First (F)Light which is less than a month away. Our very good friends at On Point Tree Service came to help lift the cargo plane up the the side of the house where it’s secured in place. I’m up in the bucket truck guiding it into the custom steel frame I welded for it and attaching the steel cables to the mounts on the roof. Joe and his team at On Point are not only so generous with their time helping us but are also the best around at what they do!
***EXCITING NEWS!!*** We will be marching in this year’s Suffern Holiday Parade just days before our episode airs on season 11 of ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight!! In the midst of setting up the house display, we have begun designing our float! The parade is Saturday, December 2nd at 6:30pm.
**NEW ITEM ALERT** I spent the whole weekend designing, building, testing, redesigning, fixing and perfecting our new (S)Elfie Station. This is a BIG improvement over the last minute one we did last year. Walk up to this fully automated station, push the button and take 4 photos. At the end of your session, it displays a QR to scan that takes you directly to your photos to download for free and share! This ended up being much more complicated than I had originally planned for. It contains: -Webcam -20” monitor -Intel NUC PC -12v power -Programmable times 12v relay -Arduino Adafruit Trinket M0 Nico controller -Arcade momentary button As our favorite YouTube engineer says, “The best part of being an engineer is if there’s something you want and it doesn’t exist, you can design and make it yourself”.
Thanks to the power of Disney+, I discovered last night that our entire display was inspired by a 1992 episode of Home Improvement. “Yeah, it would be perfect if we had an airstrip on the front lawn”- Jill Taylor Thanks Tim Allen! Guess it’s time we add….”MORE POWER!!!”
First test of the year! (How did you spend your weekend?)
