Welcome to HudsonChristmas.com

Monday, 07 August 2006

THE LIGHTS ARE OUT FOR THE SEASON. SEE you next year!

Hudsonchristmas.com is the official web site for the Mousseau and Roy family annual Christmas Decoration extravaganza.

Our home is located at 75 Pelham Road, Hudson, NH. Mapquest directions here.

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Christmas Lights Benefit St. Vincent de Paul Society
by Doug Robinson

75 Pelham Rd., Hudson
What started out as a simple project years ago with only a few hundred Christmas lights, has now grown into an annual and elaborate display of nearly 130,000 holiday lights, animated scenes, coordinate music playing to the trees illuminating, 3-D houses, kids skating, Santa on a snowmobile, in a helicopter, fishing, on a 56” and 44” sleigh, him waving, camping with Rudolph, on a bicycle, Animated Santa, Santa on a John Deer Tractor, 30” hanging Santa, 42” holographic Santa, Santa with small reindeer, and Santa climbing a ladder are only a few of the hundreds of the lit displays which adorn the Mousseau residence on Pelham Road, Hudson, NH.

Marc Mousseau, with the help of his father-in-law Paul Roy, has been creating a winter wonderland on the front lawn of their home for many years. More than 150 animated displays and more than 275 “static items” light up the front yard of 75 Pelham Rd., Hudson. Seals can be seen rotating a red ball, while 30 animated Christmas trees line the driveway, with their lights going on and off in rhythm to the familiar songs of Christmas music. The animated displays are electronically coordinated by a computer to illuminate and cue, while music plays, filling the air with great songs from the Holiday season. A helicopter sits atop the house, nutcracker soldiers light up in sequence, while other animated animals bob their heads. Four large trees have been added this year and have been decorated with hundred of multi-colored Christmas bulbs. Also new this year is the addition of large three-dimensional houses, sled dogs pulling Santa, kids and skating.

Retuning to the magical display of lights this year are the familiar animated elephant, tiger, and giraffe, Ferris wheel, roller coaster, and hot air balloon. “I took a welding class to learn how to fabricate the hot air balloon” commented Roy.

“This year, we have set the yard up as a park” stated Mousseau. Throughout the lawn, illuminated Santa’s can be seen waving, four reindeer, four penguins walking a tightrope, and a holographic NOEL with chasing penguins fill the Christmas Park with excitement for all ages to see. Dolphin’s jumping through a hoop of fire, men and women skating, two sets of lighted drums, one jack-in-the-box, and four toy soldiers, are illuminated as well.

Each year the Mousseau and Roy families have collected donations from the many thousands of people who visit their “Merry Hudson Christmas” display, and then donate those funds to a local cause. Donations received this year will be given to the food of St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at Blessed John XXIII, 25 Library St. Hudson, NH. Over the years, the Mousseau and Roy families have given countless hours of both financial as well as sweat equity, braving the cold, rain, snow, and often snow blizzards, so they could use their talents to help raise thousands of dollars for many needy organizations and those in need throughout Hudson and Litchfield.

For those wishing more information about “Merry Hudson Christmas” at the Park, the families have created a website for you to visit, http://www.hudsonchristmas.com/.
The Christmas lights for the 2008 season will be going on Thursday, November 27 at 4:30pm for all to see. Lights will be turned on daily at that time, unless it rains.

2008 Light Display

Click here for a 19MB view of the lights Thanksgiving Night. Click here for a lower resolution version (7.5MB)

Here's some short video of the display IN 2006.

VIDEO 1 FLASH (5MB)

VIDEO 2 FLASH (9MB)

VIDEO 3 FLASH (23MB)

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