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Skaggs Family Light Show
recognized as Lincoln's December Home of the Month
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 [December 15, 2017]
LINCOLN
On
Thursday morning, Lincoln Mayor Seth Goodman was joined by Aldermen
Michelle Bauer and Ron Keller in awarding the Skaggs Family Light
Show as the December Home of the Month. Jeff and Shelly Skaggs
decorate their home for Christmas (and also Halloween), then set the
lights to music. Those out looking at lights can park in front of
the home and tune their radios to 104.3 FM to get the full impact of
the dancing lights. Shelly Skaggs was joined on Thursday by Becky
Burris who helped put the light show together this year.
Shelly said that her husband absolutely loves Christmas decorations
and lights, and is the primary reason why the family does the annual
light show.
She said that some of the decorations in the yard are items Jeff has
had since he was a kid. She said that while some of the decorations
are "vintage" others are new. The couple shops a variety of places
to add to their show, including hitting up the after Christmas sales
each year.
Sometimes, Shelly said, decorations kind of just find them. For
example, she said Jeff found one lying alongside the road.
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From the left: Shelly
Skaggs, Becky Burris, Mayor Seth Goodman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, and
Alderman Ron Keller
Shelly explained that each year, the lights are arranged and plugged
into a central control box. That box is connected to the family's
home computer, and she can program the lights to dance to particular
music. She said that she selects the music that will play and
downloads it into the show software.
She also has a program to search out unused bandwidth on FM
radio. All she has to do is find a frequency that no one is using, and then she
ties her program to that frequency so that motorists can hear the music from the
warmth of their vehicles.
The Skaggs family will have the Lincoln Home of the Month sign displayed int
heir front yard for the rest of December. They were also given a gift card by
Mayor Goodman.
Anyone interested in seeing the home, it is located at 605 Fifth Street.
[Nila Smith]
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