Maysville family makes holidays along Highway 33 merry and

Dec. 24—If you take a drive along Highway 33 toward Maysville, Missouri, you might notice twinkling lights in the tree line.

Tessa and Mike Alden have lived in their Maysville home for about 19 years, bringing something uniquely merry and ‘bright’ to the area every Christmas.

“We had more trees, and then it just kind of grew,” said Mike Alden. “Gradually got bigger and bigger every year.”

The Aldens craft and set up a Christmas light display in their yard annually. The big displays mean preparing for Christmas early.

“We usually start in October, usually about October 1st, because we want to get it done before it gets cold,” said Mike. “So nice weather and we work evening and weekend until we finish.”

The whole Alden family pitches in to create the extravagant pieces.

“Our two kids help us when they don’t get bored,” said Tessa. “This year, we were fortunate enough, his parents and his sister came and helped.”

Each family member has their favorite part of the display.

“I would say the mega tree,” said 11-year-old Jacob Alden.

His brother, Colby, contrasted with the snowmen.

Because of the display, the two brothers are well-known at school.

“(They say) That we have too many Christmas lights,” said Colby.

But the Alden brothers still don’t think they have enough.

The memory of the lights isn’t something that Tessa and Mike just want their boys to remember growing up, but other families as well.

“Other families get to create memories like, ‘Let’s load up in the car and see the Alden house,'” Tessa said.

This isn’t the first time the family has received attention before either.

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“We’ve had people drop by and stop us in the road, or send cards,” said Mike. “Got a ham one year, people bring fruit…”

The display is something the family plans to continue to do for years to come.

“As long as we can climb the ladder, or until our boys want to take over,” Mike said.

The Aldens said they use mainly commercial LED lights to make their display look good and last longer.

Mike said the lighting actually doesn’t run up their electricity bill too much, as the lights are on a timer and can be found twinkling from “dusk til’ dawn” until January.

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