Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays because it inspires many people to engage in acts of imagination and creativity. To prove my point, I’ve included two must-see videos. If, as the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, then I’d like to know how many words these clips are worth. A lot, I’d say.
The first one is simply entitled “Christmas” and was made by a young amateur Belgian filmmaker named Tim van der Linden. I was so impressed with this short video that I tried to find out more about him but had very little success. Tim, if you ever read this, I’d like to encourage you to keep making such films because you’re obviously very talented. It would be a shame to let such ability go to waste.
So here it is.
I don’t know how you felt while watching Tim’s film, but for me, I think like he captured the mood of the holiday season wonderfully! And the music was a perfect match for those images!
In clip two, it’s not the videographer that’s the talented one. It’s the person or people who conceptualized this holiday light display and then put it all together. The home you’re seeing is in Darby, Wisconsin, near Appleton. I have not been able to find out much more than this even though I Googled and Yahooed! as hard as I could.
The person who posted this video on You Tube explains that this home looks this way every year and that the displays are computer-driven. That makes sense. It would take a computer to do what is shown in this clip.
I have to guess that the music is broadcast via speakers so that passersby can hear it quite audibly from the street. Speaking of music, this is only one of many songs that have been choreographed. I actually had a hard time choosing which video to embed. I also very much liked the display accompanying the song “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”
If you’d like to see more of these displays, check here.
