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Published December 02, 2009, 12:00 AM

Sawyer Lights Photo Gallery by Joel Soukkala / Pine Journal

The home of Ross and Shelly DeCaigny lights up this season


Sawyer Lights can be seen at the home of Ross and Shelly DeCaigny at 3569 Highway 210 in Sawyer, and corresponding music can be heard over a low power FM transmitter channel 93.5 built by Ross from a hobby kit. The show runs now through Jan. 2 with times from 5-9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5-10:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

  • Sawyer Lights can be seen at the home of Ross and Shelly DeCaigny at 3569 Highway 210 in Sawyer, and corresponding music can be heard over a low power FM transmitter channel 93.5 built by Ross from a hobby kit. The show runs now through Jan. 2 with times from 5-9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5-10:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
  • Ross DeCaigny (above), his wife, Shelly, and other family members have spent countless hours over the past two years putting together a Christmas lighting display to be admired by many this holiday. The display features over 80,000 lights, 50 strobe lights, 160 lighting channels, and around 200 extension cords, and is run from a computer in their home with equipment purchased from a company called Light-O-Rama.
  • Ross DeCaigny show a sample of four different colored light strings intertwined to create one string.
  • The DeCaigny family Shelly, Ross and their son Parker have created Christmas memories for many. They hope to raise $6,000 in donations for the Make a Wish Foundation to help make one child's wish come true. Regardless, the money raised will go toward a local child's wish.
  • Ross and Shelly have been collecting lights on ebay, garage sales, and they found a great deal on a truck load of lights in South Dakotah from another individual doing home lighting displays that was changing to the new LED lighting.
  • On the way out is a donation box for those who wish to make a contribution to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. “We chose the Make-a-Wish Foundation because we wanted to help make the season a little brighter for a child with a life threatening medical condition,” said DeCaigny. “These children are dealing with a lot of physical and emotional stress. We hope the wish sponsored through the donations collected from the light show will bring a child happiness this holiday season.”
  • Countless hours on the walkie talkies between Shelly and Ross went into perfecting the display.
  • The family has made a temporary parking lot out of their front yard for spectators to take it all in. Bob and Vee Holter of Cloquet made the quick drive and sat in amazement while watching the show. "How does he do that," questioned Vee.
  • The giant tree to the left of the house is a highlight of this years display. The tree has over 12,000 white lights alone.
  • The DeCaigny's figure they have some 200 extension cords in the display.
  • Ross has created many of his outlet boxes from scratch and some hobby kits.
  • This is one of the many piles of lights that fill the DeCaigny's garage.
  • The trees in the front of the house are made of tomato plant cages, each cage has ten strings of lights on it.
  • If you are not able to get to the display, you can view a video by visiting the Pine Journal on facebook.