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Saskatoon’s version of Clark Griswold is lighting up his extravagant Christmas light display for one final year.
Scott Lambie is the man behind the twinkling light show at 2706 Clinkskill Dr., lighting up every day from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Its last day will be Jan. 8.
Lambie put a post on the Clinkskill Christmas Light’s Facebook page announcing his final year — he said the post reached more than 60,000 people.
“This will mark the last year for the lights on Clinkskill Drive,” he told 650 CKOM Morning Show host Shack. “It is just getting to be too much work for an oldtimer.”
Clinkskill Christmas Lights, a Saskatoon Christmas tradition, is up and running for one final year pic.twitter.com/9ayVMkiL5G
— Mia Michelle (@miaholoway) November 24, 2022
The Saskatoon Christmas tradition began in 2008, when Lambie started watching YouTube videos on how to set up holiday lights. He started with 25,000 lights. His setup has grown to 85,000.
He had no prior Christmas light experience and said it has been all trial and error.
The gleaming house attracts visitors from all over town. Lambie said cars can be lined up all the way down the street. Sometimes he and his wife give out candy canes to visitors. they’ve given out as many as 700 in one night.
Throughout his 15 years of the light display, Lambie said he has always had a positive reaction and has even received gifts such like Tim Hortons cards in his mailbox.
Every September before it snows, he climbs to the top of his roof and starts to assemble the lights. He also rents a lift to wrap numerous strands around two big trees in his front yard.
He usually waits to tackle the rest until after Halloween but said because of the nice weather, his setup was done much earlier this year.
Lambie said he mostly does the project solo, but also gets help from his nephew and his nephew’s girlfriend, who also help take it down.
It takes about 1,200 strings each year to get Lambie’s home shining as bright as it does. The ultimate question is: How does he avoid the strings getting tangled?
He said the answer is simple: He keeps them neatly placed in a plastic storage tote, but even a seasoned Christmas decorator such as himself has experienced the headache of tangled strings.
Every year, he said he checks the lights before they go up, but sometimes he puts them up on the roof and they don’t light. Despite those frustrations, he’s able to pull off the show every year.
Lambie has also implemented festive music to the display for visitors. He even bought a transmitter for drivers to tune into when they’re driving down the street.
“We used to do a longer display, but it was so busy we cut back on how many songs (we played) a night so traffic would move,” he said.
As for next year, he plans on selling his lights but will still keep a couple of strings for himself.