Knock knock, it's September... October... November! What are you making and are you ready for Christmas 2026?

Getting there. Still to go: mega tree, coro reindeer and presents, dumb ropelight motifs and old AC lights outside plus inside static window decorations.

Setup progress 2026

Unexpectedly my show computer (old desktop) has recently been turning itself off randomly, but replacing its PSU seems to have fixed that issue. Better to happen now rather than during December!
 
6 meter megatree went up this morning, still have to wire it in, tomorrows job.
Installed a traffic light for a bit of a difference, waiting on a relay board to arrive to control it with buttons that visitors can press/interact with. Currently it is on a relay board with a built in ESP32 running WLED.
Got the railway signal installed and running ready to go.
Bubble columns out and filled with water
I seem to be running out of multi boards again this year...
 
Last week of Nov is my usual annual leave week to concentrate on display setup and testing. Up until last week I was not planning any changes or updates but have now decided to add interactivity by adding some push buttons and allowing visitors to light up selected props or parts thereof briefly for 8 seconds in the selected button colour. Already tested on the bench that the rest of the show will continue uninterrupted.
 
Show was up a working until I ran over one of the ethernet cables with the lawn mower today. Not a hard fix but still a pita.
 
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