In my mind, there is only one video that makes Christmas feel like Christmas. Well, that and the yearly viewing of A Christmas Story.

This video of Guitar Hero being played on the side of ex-Disney imagineer Ric Turner’s house, however, makes a nice run at trying to dethrone “Wizards in Winter.”

Turner goes into the specifics of what it took to get this holiday rock show going:

“Christmas Light Hero is using 7 light controllers from Light-O-Rama built from kits to control 21,268 lights and LEDs. Each controller has 16 outputs and 2-3 TTL level control inputs that are used by the game system to fire different programmed light sequences depending on what happens in the game. It relies on the fact that the game sequence is very consistent. If the game and the lighting sequences start together, they will stay in very good sync through the length of the song. The light program allows branching and overlays for fail, star power and ‘ready.’ I have some ideas to automate the initial show/game sync, but for now you have to push doorbell buttons at the right moments.”

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