There's a Christmas lights display in Central New York that puts Clark Griswold to shame.

Josh Rapke spends countless hours every year hanging Christmas lights, lots and lots of lights.

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Disney Magic

Once the lights are hung, it's time to decorate the lawn with custom-made characters to add a little bit of Disney magic to the Christmas season.

"After we had our first daughter we went to Disney and fell in love with it all. Disney sparks joy for us so Josh started making hand-painted characters to add to his display."

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, and Dumbo are just a few of the Disney icons that join the Christmas favorites - Frosty, Rudolph, and The Grinch among all those twinkling lights.

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Baby Yoda

Baby Yoda is among the newest characters added in 2022. Rapke doesn't do it all alone though. He has a little help from the family.

"My two daughters Teagan and Kinsley helped with painting and picking where the characters should go in the display."

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Mega Tree

Also new in 2022 was a 20-foot mega tree with 100 strands of lights. Josh called in the big guns for that one.

"My father drove in from Rochester to help me get it up."

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Eat Your Heart Out Griswold

Josh's wife Bridgette just wanted some candles in the windows and maybe a lit wreath with icicle lights.

"He won’t hear anything of the sort. He spends hours hanging them all every year, jamming out to Christmas tunes, and stands there in awe when he's done."

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Florence Court Lights

You can stand in awe too. Check out the pictures below, and the video above, or see the display that would make Clark Griswold jealous at 205 Florence Court in Chadwicks, New York.

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