The Great Christmas Light Fight

When my kids were young we had them in a small daycare in a small town in New Hampshire. There was nothing special about the daycare other than it had some Disney characters painted on the side of the building. Then one day we came there and the characters were painted over because the owners had received a letter from the Disney legal department warning them about copyright infringement, with a warning to remove them or else. Disney is famous for vigorously protecting their copyrights.

Fast forward many years to season 9 of The Great Light Fight. After watching 2 amazing light displays we see a house that is entirely decorated in a (very lame by comparison to the other displays) Disney theme. How in the world were they allowed to get away with that?? Oh wait, ABC is owned by Disney so just like many of their other programs they have to chuck in a Disney promotion. It was a good reminder of why I so rarely watch ABC any more.

In this show they do not give it to the best house. For example, I just watched one where it was basically a carnival more than anything. They even described it as an "amusement park". But nothing, I mean? 0% of it was related to Christmas and yet that house won. It's not a good show. Along with the host (which kind of has to do this) is saying the same thing for every house like it's unique even when it's not. Do not waste your life. Life is short and please don't waste it on a tv show that doesn't even judge the winner by the criteria. SAVE YOURSELVES!

They shouldn't allow the usage of computers or any other kind of electronics for the display of lights,and just use lights like the way it used to be...It's gotten to the point that your not looking at what Christmas lights display is all about... The show use to be so much better when it first started,compared to the show's now...

While I really like this idea, I just can't in good conscience support or promote a show that applauds the waste of resources by some when so many others cannot afford to heat their home or have power. This makes me sad, really. In order for me to actually appreciate something like this the prize would need to be a donation to organizations that help people with affording utilities.

The show is a great idea and the first few seasons were great. Now they seem to be going with the Extreme Home Makeover route. Every family has a heartfelt sick, dying or dead family member that they do the light displays for and now they are all way over the top computer generated displays. They need to stop with the feel sorry for me and computer/drone displays and just get back to basics. They need normal displays that normal everyday people do. The displays the last couple of seasons are getting ridiculous and to have displays made of drones is jumping the shark. Basically need an engineering degree or a Masters in computers to even compete. Really taking all the fun out of it.