1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Something I'm looking forward to shining is all of the 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Christmas lights around town. We're bank with the team. It's 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: properly brokers for the Best Christmas Lights competition and last 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: year's winner, Frank Andy's on Phillip Street. Morning to you. 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: How are you? 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: You're good mate, So you're back dressing the place up again? 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 2: Yep, yep, tellon to the trope again. Yeah, right on. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: What new additions have you got in store for this year? 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got yeah, yeah, there's so many. Yeah, I've 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 2: got one from last night. A guy rang up and 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: one of mine had broken down where it makes out 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 2: it's snowing into an umbrella and that, and he had 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: one there aparts just what I needed. So that'll be 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: another one going again. It's got to be inside so 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: the Polish stirring balls don't blow everywhere, so I're got 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: the right place for it now. So yeah, that's one thing, 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: and there's just so many, so many others. Yeah. 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: Well, no, no stops remain unpulled as you open up 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: your entire property. The whole bankyard a new edition. Last 20 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: year I remember was this helicopter that had the spinning 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: rotor on the top of it. To greet you at 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: the gate, and there you you walk your way around 23 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: almost like you know, like a theme park. And then 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: have I heard that you've even gone and modified the 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: house itself, removed a bedroom and created a conservatory. We 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: can walk through now too. 27 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: You won't walk through it because it's all glass, so 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: it'll we lit up like a Valentine's shop window. Oh 29 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 2: my goodness, everything will be in behind the glass. 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: So yeah, have you got a scene you're running through 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: this year? 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's basically a white Christmas. Yeah. So yeah, it's 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: a lot of white and blue, a. 34 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: Lot of American influence. Make Christmas great again? 35 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, just get away from all the other stuff I've done. 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: I try and make it different every year. Yeah, so 37 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: that's never the same. 38 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: You're promising the biggest yet for someone who a couple 39 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: of years back decided he was going to start scaling 40 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: it down, offloading some gear. That's certainly gone to plan. 41 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: Are you even building some stuff so like traditional Christmas themes? 42 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, wellowed up to one o'clock this morning wiring wiring 43 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: a A the Shepherds on the Camels. Yeah, so it 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: took longer than I thought, about twelve hundred ties, to title, 45 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: getting all the lights attached to it, to the train, 46 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: the whole Nativity scene, three wise men. Ye, so there's five, 47 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: the trumpeter, there's the shepherd and his sheep, there's the 48 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: star shooting star, and the Nativity. It's seen Joe from 49 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 2: Marry and the Baby, and yeah, there's five in the group. 50 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 2: So that will be hopefully the great and when you 51 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 2: first walk and yeah, the Christmas spirit? Yeah. 52 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: Do you even go to the effort of dressing up 53 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: your neighbors' houses? 54 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, runs away at the moment, but I'm scared 55 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 2: to start on his, so I have to wait any 56 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 2: good time. 57 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. If I came home to find 58 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: my house had been decorated for me, I'd be more 59 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: than teenful. Have you kept count of you know, just 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: how many lights or props that you've got? Or is 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: it just is it the impossible task? 62 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: I'm in christis at the moment picking. 63 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: Up you're shopping this morning? 64 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: Yep? Yeah, five you Christmases? 65 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: So my gosh, when's it all going to be open? 66 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: Have you got a launch a week tomorrow? 67 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, so on the tenth on the yep, yep. 68 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: So so hopefully when I throw the sweatch everything or 69 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: go and it won't go into darkness. Yeah, hopefully it 70 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: all kicks in and yeah, I. 71 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: Hope you don't trip anything. Hopefully the neighborhood stays letter. 72 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: I meagine it's like a bit of juice. Do you 73 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: expect a difference to your power bill if you don't 74 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: mind me asking. 75 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it really rockets. Yeah that's my it's my enjoyment 76 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 2: of playing. 77 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: Okay, I don't think that's something that we can. 78 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 2: Raising money for the Saint John's Social Club. 79 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: Oh that's always a nice touch with the donation bucket 80 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: at the front. 81 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, so they'll give them a pretty card so they 82 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: can have copies or something to use their card when 83 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 2: they're on duty in there. It just gives them something. 84 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, nice friend. 85 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: Get away from them for a year or so, and yeah, I. 86 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: Can't wait to check it out myself and all. The 87 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: best to defending your title is the best Christmas Lights 88 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: in Ashburton. If you'd like to have a crack at 89 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: some of our prizes up for grabs as well, or 90 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: we've also got a non competitive section if you just 91 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: like to join the list and get people driving past 92 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: your place. Get in touch with the crew AT's properly 93 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: brokers Ashburton by next Wednesday.