Austin, TX
Maywald Christmas Display: 300,000 lights and helping out a good cause
300,000 lights elevate cash for Make-A-Want at annual Maywald Christmas Show
300,000 lights fill the annual Maywald Christmas Show in southwest Austin, which advantages the Make-A-Want Basis.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Maywald Christmas Show is again for the eighth 12 months with 300,000 lights benefiting the Make-A-Want Basis.
Jordan Maywald, who created the show, has been placing up Christmas lights since he was 9 years previous.
“I like to construct stuff, and that is a number of the shows out right here – is stuff that I’ve constructed since you will not discover it wherever else,” he stated.
There are a number of new elements this 12 months together with a 15-foot snowman.
“My mother and I truly flew as much as Pennsylvania this previous March and rented a truck and drove all of it the way in which again to Texas. I assume that is dedication and it is enjoyable, we simply like to do stuff like that,” Maywald stated.
He paperwork some elements on his YouTube channel, like assembling the snowman and constructing big ornamental bulbs.
Maywald and his household began placing lights in timber in July and ramped up in November, placing decorations within the yard. Some days they stayed out till midnight to get all of it completed by Thanksgiving. Cash donated in the course of the show goes to the Make-A-Want Basis.
“It is for the children and youngsters which are going via one thing that no person ought to undergo a lot much less a baby, simply seeing them smile for a quick minute or two or an entire weekend on their journey is what it is all about,” Maywald stated.
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Flying reindeer within the show characterize the variety of needs granted final 12 months, and stars characterize the entire variety of needs granted. They’ve granted 27 needs to date. Final 12 months, they raised $80,000.
“After you have granted 27 needs I could not discover any extra reindeer,” Maywald stated.
The trigger comes again full circle. “After we grant a want, we truly get to satisfy a number of the children which is absolutely cool,” he stated.
Maywald even began his personal vacation lighting enterprise this 12 months.
The show runs via Dec. 28 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. so long as it isn’t raining. The show is situated at 10505 Twilight Vista, Austin, TX 78736. There may be additionally on-site parking.
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