AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Saturday, December 10, 2005 ----- BODY: A couple of weeks ago, someone sent me an email with a link to a Christmas website. I usually skip over nonsense like that but, this time I thought, "What the heck?!" Since visiting the now famous website with it's synchronized lights and music, the man's house has been featured everywhere from the local news to the "Today" show. When I first watched the video clip of Carson Williams' house in Mason, Ohio...I thought it had to be some kind of Internet gag that was circulating. Every year for the past few, Mr. Williams and his family (at left) have started decorating the house for the big event while most folks are still floating around their swimming pools on a raft and flipping over hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. Since the man is an electrical engineer by trade, don't compare him to Clark Griswald. Besides, I don't think Clark Griswald could manage to shell out $10,000 on the decorations and electric bill. This year was special for the family with all thanks going to the Internet, the house has become a tourist attraction. They even operate a low power radio station similar to what you may find while going through a construction zone or finding a parking place at Disney. The station brodcasts the "Trans Siberian Orchestra" Christmas song that's in sync with the lights on a continous loop. Williams did this to keep "a low profile" in the neighborhood. The neighbors don't like a lot of noise. I guess they're not bothered by the lights blinking on and off like the sign at the Holiday Inn! Well, it was bound to happen...several car accidents into December and an ambulance that had to drive over the front lawns of neighbors due to the parked cars on the street, The town of Mason said, "lights out". Williams agreed. As of a few days ago, if you wish to see the spectacle, you have to view it online. All that work for nuttin'! ...If you're like me, when you think of Christmas, you think of Paris Hilton! At least that's what 38 year old Joe Moretti of Rhode Island says. The outside of his house is all gussied up in Hilton's favorite colors of pink, red, and white lights...Ok, maybe not so bad however, when you see all the other stuff on display, it's no wonder that there isn't a cover charge, two drink minimum, and 21 and over policy. Life-sized cardboard cut-outs are scattered all over the guys front lawn and include Paris' little dog too. The first thing you can't help but notice is a giant cardboard poster of Paris spreading her legs and inviting visitors to come in. Oh, she does have her clothes on but, the next door neighbors still have to cover their children's eys when they drive by on the street. One woman who spoke to the Associated Press pretty much summed it up by stating "Paris has absolutely nothing at all to do with Christmas" and "He (Moretti) ought to be ashamed of himself for making a mockery of Christmas!" While officials in that small Rhode Island town are carefully but quickly flipping through the books to see what they can do to force Moretti to take everything down, he says he's not going to budge. In what he calls a tribute to the rich and famous, Moretti's past displays included Princess Di, Liberace, and Madonna. Last year he gave kudos to Martha Stewart and got so excited about what he did, that he jumped over the fence of her Conneticut(?) home to get her to come and see things for herself. Too bad she was in jail. So was he, although afterwards was released when he gave large sums of money to charities in Martha's community. It's safe to say that in the past, Moretti's house was just written off as being "The goofball's house down the street" at Christmas. Now that Paris Hilton is there, even in cardboard, it raised his reputation. It also raised something else for the 80 something year old man who lives next door to him who thinks it's a hoot and told the news reporter that asked him to comment that "I like sex". Now that's one vote in favor of leaving things, "as is"! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Holidays "unplugged" AND Christmas in Paris

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Holidays "unplugged" AND Christmas in Paris

A couple of weeks ago, someone sent me an email with a link to a Christmas website. I usually skip over nonsense like that but, this time I thought, "What the heck?!" Since visiting the now famous website with it's synchronized lights and music, the man's house has been featured everywhere from the local news to the "Today" show. When I first watched the video clip of Carson Williams' house in Mason, Ohio...I thought it had to be some kind of Internet gag that was circulating. Every year for the past few, Mr. Williams and his family (at left) have started decorating the house for the big event while most folks are still floating around their swimming pools on a raft and flipping over hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. Since the man is an electrical engineer by trade, don't compare him to Clark Griswald. Besides, I don't think Clark Griswald could manage to shell out $10,000 on the decorations and electric bill. This year was special for the family with all thanks going to the Internet, the house has become a tourist attraction. They even operate a low power radio station similar to what you may find while going through a construction zone or finding a parking place at Disney. The station brodcasts the "Trans Siberian Orchestra" Christmas song that's in sync with the lights on a continous loop. Williams did this to keep "a low profile" in the neighborhood. The neighbors don't like a lot of noise. I guess they're not bothered by the lights blinking on and off like the sign at the Holiday Inn! Well, it was bound to happen...several car accidents into December and an ambulance that had to drive over the front lawns of neighbors due to the parked cars on the street, The town of Mason said, "lights out". Williams agreed. As of a few days ago, if you wish to see the spectacle, you have to view it online. All that work for nuttin'! ...If you're like me, when you think of Christmas, you think of Paris Hilton! At least that's what 38 year old Joe Moretti of Rhode Island says. The outside of his house is all gussied up in Hilton's favorite colors of pink, red, and white lights...Ok, maybe not so bad however, when you see all the other stuff on display, it's no wonder that there isn't a cover charge, two drink minimum, and 21 and over policy. Life-sized cardboard cut-outs are scattered all over the guys front lawn and include Paris' little dog too. The first thing you can't help but notice is a giant cardboard poster of Paris spreading her legs and inviting visitors to come in. Oh, she does have her clothes on but, the next door neighbors still have to cover their children's eys when they drive by on the street. One woman who spoke to the Associated Press pretty much summed it up by stating "Paris has absolutely nothing at all to do with Christmas" and "He (Moretti) ought to be ashamed of himself for making a mockery of Christmas!" While officials in that small Rhode Island town are carefully but quickly flipping through the books to see what they can do to force Moretti to take everything down, he says he's not going to budge. In what he calls a tribute to the rich and famous, Moretti's past displays included Princess Di, Liberace, and Madonna. Last year he gave kudos to Martha Stewart and got so excited about what he did, that he jumped over the fence of her Conneticut(?) home to get her to come and see things for herself. Too bad she was in jail. So was he, although afterwards was released when he gave large sums of money to charities in Martha's community. It's safe to say that in the past, Moretti's house was just written off as being "The goofball's house down the street" at Christmas. Now that Paris Hilton is there, even in cardboard, it raised his reputation. It also raised something else for the 80 something year old man who lives next door to him who thinks it's a hoot and told the news reporter that asked him to comment that "I like sex". Now that's one vote in favor of leaving things, "as is"!

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Saturday, December 10, 2005

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