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The Osborne Spectacle of Lights

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By //  by Candace Sampson 2 Comments

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I had heard of The Osborne Spectacle of Lights before but off in the periphery, not really paying attention to it, and like a boob I thought it had something to do with Ozzy Osborne. Like I half expected to see Ozzy,Sharon and family parading down the street on a float with lights going off to rock n’ roll music. *hangs head in shame*

This is only a small portion of the six million lights that line The Streets of America

Actually, it’s a different Osborne family and the story is totally heartwarming. Jennings Osborne of Little Rock, Arkansas, started his Christmas display when his six year old daughter Breezy, asked her Daddy to put up lights. What started with 1000 lights grew to over 3 million. As you can imagine, Mr. Osborne’s “spectacle” drew a tremendous amount of traffic to his neighbourhood to which some of his neighbours were not so impressed. After a seven year legal battle that ended with the United States Supreme court, Mr. Osborne’s lights were shut down. Enter Disney. Mr. Osborne donated all his lights to Walt Disney World where all of his original lights plus 3 million more are set up annually on the Streets of America at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

The result is breathtaking. In fact, if you go, make sure you are on the Streets of America when they flick the switch and start the show. There is an audible gasp from thousands of awestruck park attendees. You can stroll the streets and watch as the lights dance and flicker to Christmas music. It was one of the most spectacular things I’ve ever seen in my life. Simply amazing.

Fair warning, this will probably forever ruin you for your local street display.

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Filed Under: Christmas, Disney, Everything Christmas, Family Fun, Holidays, Travel Tagged With: Christmas Lights, Disney, Disney Christmas, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Life in Pleasantville, Osborne Spectacle of Lights

About Candace Sampson

Candace is founder and editor-in-chief of Life in Pleasantville which isn't half as fancy as it sounds. You can find her sharing travel stories on What She Said Radio and on CTV Ottawa Morning Live.

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  1. Jodi Martin

    December 24, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Okay, I will hang my head in shame with you then, as I too have always assumed this had to do with Ozzy and his crew, and when we were there a couple of years ago close to Christmas time, because of that very fact, I decided we (I tend to be the family vote) were not interested and we skipped it.  Wow.  Disappointed now.  Looks amazing,…sure it is breathtakingly over-the-top, as are all things Disney.  Have fun. xo

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    • Candace

      December 25, 2011 at 3:36 am

      We can’t get over the lengths to which everything is “Christmas-fied” down here. Not a single detail has been missed. You can’t help but marvel at it all. Hope the Martin’s are having a WONDERFUL Christmas 🙂 xo

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