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Media coverage frustrations

As someone that has been producing holiday display lists and maps for 15 years now this season, it is frustrating to us that getting media coverage of what we do is so difficult, especially when I seen the copycats, some of which early on plagiarized our map and listings getting more coverage in...

Holidays and ADHD

There are times where ADHD is helpful in keeping up on this project, and their are times where it hinders what we do, and even our consideration to continue doing this at all.
Was planning on going out to see displays tonight, but because we couldn't quickly settle on where to go, my ADHD...

KOMO ARC Seattle

Well, it's official. We were interviewed for TV for PNWCL.
While they cut the interview down quite a bit, what they aired definitely looked great.
We are hoping this segment will get us some more attention and followers, and hopefully... more donations to this project..
Thank you...

Map Segmentation

I've always wondered about this.....
Why do people want everything in one place for shopping, or information, but when it comes to holiday maps they want super local, aka map segmentation.... it makes no sense, why would only want a map for a small community when perhaps just across the city...

PNWCL Travel Season

Well looks like the well has run dry for overnight travel for us this season. We knew travel would be limited, but we were not sure how limited it would be.
Apparently this means we cannot even do Portland/Vancouver travel this season.
This is frustrating but we have to do what is best...

Successful Canada Lights-cation

We had a good couple of days visiting displays in Canada, updated a bunch of new displays, and enjoyed some of our personal favorites but we ended up missing out on some too.
We got to meet a few new people and add a few new displays as well.
Overall a successful trip and got our Canada...

Need some positiviity today

Too much negativity pushing through on this little holiday project this year, at times it makes me want to just pull the plug and stop doing it with no warning, shut down the FB and the webpage abruptly, but I know there is a lot of people who love and appreciate what we do, and for them we are...

Holiday Humdrum

Holiday Humdrum

While the holidays are meant to be full of joy and holiday spirit, I cannot help but find myself reflecting on loss during this time of year.
In my youth this time of season was full of excitement, but then disappointment, and the loss of many close to me.
So I have to find ways to...

2025 Christmas season is a go

2025 Christmas season is a go

Our first night out seeing displays, was a huge success, got to meet 3 different display owners, could have met more if we had the extra time.
Map and everything is coming together, nearly 400 confirmed before December 1st... that is pretty amazing. Just another 600 from previous years to...

Graphics used on our Social media and online store

We are not shy about our use of generative services for graphic creation, we have never claimed we drew or made the designs physically ourselves, we use services that are FREE, as we have no financial backing for content on our page.
We are aware of the impacts of AI, and have asked for...

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