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The Aleksic Christmas Lights

Raising money for St. Elizabeth Hospice since 2013

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Every year we organise a big Christmas Light show set to music on the front of our house, just off Norwich Road in Ipswich, Suffolk.

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We raise money for St. Elizabeth Hospice, and are always so pleased with the support that we receive. You can donate - and see past donations collected since we first started the light show years ago - by following the link here or a bit lower on the page. We're always so grateful for the support and even won the prize for 'best fundraiser' for the Hospice in their Christmas Lights Trail in 2018 (and have beaten that total every year since!)

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As always, this year the lights will be on between 4pm and 9pm every day in December, and Rudolph's big red nose will be glowing and ready to push, which will start the light show whenever you arrive! 

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We'll be releasing more footage from this year's brand new display soon, but you can have a look at some videos from last year below, and take a trip down memory lane with our past displays further down this page.

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You can see the display at our house in Lister Road, Ipswich, IP1 5EQ -

we're the one near the middle with loads of Christmas lights, you won't miss us!

Past Displays

2023​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £4925

  • Amount raised this year alone - £1422.41

  • Music - Another new medley of Christmas Covers

  • Length - 10:27

  • Total number of individually mapped & controlled pixels - 3318

  • Total number of control channels - 9954

  • New this year

    • New 2m wide projection screen

    • 18 strand, 2.5m tall megatree (with 900 pixels) + 100 pixel star on top

    • 8 small stars (with 70 pixels each)

    • Extra festoon

    • New donation & button stand

  • Press & other fun facts

2022​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £3505.01

  • Amount raised this year alone - £821.86

  • Music - A new medley of Christmas Cover Versions

  • Length - 09:21

  • Total number of individually mapped & controlled pixels - 2083

  • Total number of control channels - 6287

  • New this year

    • Raspberry Pi as controller (running Falcon Pi Player software)

    • New pixel window outlines

    • New pixel line along front of garden

    • 2 new pixel mini trees

    • 4 new pixel snowflakes


2021​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £2683.15

  • Amount raised this year alone - £856.74

  • Music - A medley of fairly random Christmas songs!

  • Length - 09:17

  • Total number of control channels - Over 3600

  • New this year

    • Falcon Pixel controller & updated control infrastructure

    • Pixel tape on central Christmas tree prop

    • Individual bullet pixels on new frames around each window/door

    • Individual bullet pixels on Christmas tree prop

    • Pixels around bottom log roll border

    • Candy Cane lights

    • Updated pixel tape around house border

    • Flood lights moved to act as 'blinders'

  • Press & other fun facts

    • Ipswich Star / East Anglian Daily Times published an article about us, calling us "Ipswich's Famous Christmas Light House" (link)

    • BBC Radio Suffolk sent a reporter for an early morning interview live on air!

 

2020

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £1,826

  • Amount raised this year alone - £662.46

  • Music - A Selecction of Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Songs

  • Length - 09:45

  • Total number of control channels - 1,416

  • New this year

    • Additional Speaker

    • RGB Floodlights lighting up neighbours houses

    • RGB Par lighting up our white stones 'dancefloor'

    • Festoon at the front of the garden

    • Fairy lights inside windows 

    • New LED Tape & frames inside windows

    • Snow projection light

    • CCTV cameras

    • Icicle lights on garden border

  • Press & other fun facts

    • Ipswich Star / East Anglian Daily Times published an article about us, complete with video interview (link here)

    • Appeared on BBC Radio Suffolk (link)

    • We also designed a big light show for a local theatre group, the Co-Op Juniors this year - more details on JLA Sound and Light social pages & site! (Video) (Article)

 

2019​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £1,163.95

  • Amount raised this year alone - £356.31

  • Music - Another Christmas Rock Medley - Richard Campbell

  • Length - 05:21

  • Total number of control channels - 1,393

  • New this year

    • Improved Outdoor Speaker

    • RGB Stars either side

    • Blue Fairy Lights around Windows​

    • Blue Fairy Lights on Christmas Tree

  • Press & other fun facts

    • Ipswich Star / East Anglian Daily Times published an article about us, complete with video interview (link here)

    • Appeared live on BBC Radio Suffolk (link) & Ipswich 102

 

2018​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £804.65

  • Amount raised this year alone - £309.50

  • Music - A Mix of Christmas Number 1s Through The Years

  • Length - 13:09

  • Total number of control channels - 1,377

  • New this year

    • RGB LED Tape Christmas Tree

    • Festoon on Christmas Tree

    • New Projection Screen to the side of the house
      displaying 'Number 1' years and display information

    • Festoon around Projection Screen

    • Created our Website

  • Press & other fun facts

    • Part of St. Elizabeth Hospice's Christmas Lights Trail & named 'Best Fundraiser' at the end

    • Featured as the main cover photo & first interview in Ipswich Star / EADT article (link here)

    • Interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk in August to discuss preparations!


2017

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £495.15

  • Amount raised this year alone - £182.44

  • Music - A Medley of Miscellaneous Christmas Songs!

  • Length - 10:41

  • Total number of control channels - 1,380

  • New this year

    • Big Red Button to push to start the light show at any time!

    • LED RGB Pixel Tape around the perimeter of the house (450 Pixels)

    • LED RGB Tape inside the windows (replacing LED pars)

    • Single Colour Christmas Tree outline with Fairy Lights replaces Santa Face

    • Disco effect light added outside

    • Arduino boards as serial controllers as well as DMX

  • Press

    • Interviewed live on BBC Radio Suffolk (link)

 

2016​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £349.91

  • Amount raised this year alone - £100

  • Music - A re-edited version of 2015's sountrack

  • Length - 11:00

  • Total number of control channels - 25

  • New this year

    • 2m Projection Screen next to house displaying visuals during light show

    • New show times of 7pm & 8pm

 

2015​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £249.91

  • Amount raised this year alone - £136.91

  • Music - A Medley of 10 Christmas Songs

  • Length - 10:00

  • Total number of control channels - 25

  • New this year

    • Singing Santa Face built and added

    • 3 Shows per Night (6pm, 6.30pm & 7pm)

    • Created our Facebook page

  • Press

    • Interviewed live on BBC Radio Suffolk (link)

 

2014​

  • Total raised since 2013 by the end of this year - £113

  • Music - 7 different songs scheduled twice daily throughout the week

  • Total number of control channels - 20

  • New this year

    • VixenLights control software

    • Added Rope Light on top gutter

    • 'XMAS' sign & lights in top window

    • TV with information in top window

    • Fairy light 'mini tree' on lawn

    • Entecc OpenDMX Control Interface

 

 

2013​

  • Music - Evolution of Music - Pentatonix

  • Length - 03:54

  • Total number of control channels - 16

  • New this year

  • LED Parcans in Windows

  • Shapes made with Fairy Lights outside

  • ADJ MyDMX Control Software

  • Fun Facts

    • The start of the Aleksic Christmas Lights!​

    • Light show had to be run manually when requested rather than timed as in future years.

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