Christmas 2016
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The display is finished! Thank you for your support over these 9 years!
Show Status
The display is finished! Thank you for your support over these 9 years!

Information

Directions

145 Evergreen Lane
Winnetka, Illinois 60093

Videos

2017

Wizards in Winter
Nutrocker
Disney's Let It Go
Russian Dance
Music Box Dancer
Dreams of Fireflies
Let It Snow
Christmas Sarajevo 12/24

2016

Russian Dancer
Music Box Dancer
Let It Go
Dreams of Fireflies on a Christmas Night
Let It Snow
Christmas Sarajevo

2015

2015 Complete Show

2014

Let It Go
Auld Lang Syne
Let It Snow
The Christmas Can-Can
Music Box Dancer
Winter Wonderland
Christmas in Sarajevo
U.S.A. National Anthem

2013

Music Box Dancer
Christmas in Sarajevo

2012

Carol of the Bells

Pictures

2017

2016

2014

Front
2014 Front

2013

Front
2013 Front

2012

Front
2012 Front

About

Christmas on Evergreen is an animated Christmas lights display with over 90,000 lights set to music for the 2020 Christmas season. Since 2012, the show has been designed, built, and choreographed by Christian Tingle, currently a Junior at Case Western Reserve University. Donations are accepted and go directly to Make-a-Wish of Illinois. To date, Christmas on Evergreen has raised over $91,000 with $35,000 raised last season alone.

A note from Christian:
As a child, setting up Halloween decorations, constructing haunted houses and putting up Christmas lights allowed me to engage in my two favorite things: holidays and building. My passion exploded in second grade after my aunt showed me a video of an incredible animated holiday display in Utah. From then on, my dream was to create a holiday light display at my home for the people in my neighborhood to enjoy.

In 7th grade, after years of studying, planning, and designing, I asked my parents for permission to install a holiday light show. They said yes, and today this massive project has become the ultimate outlet for my love of building, technology and holiday spirit. I spend countless hours every summer designing, fabricating, and wiring new props and display elements. Setup begins annually on October 1st, and it takes approximately 200 hours to build and program the show.

From December through mid-January, nearly 1,000 cars drive by my display; for many people from my community and the greater Chicagoland, a leisurely cruise by my house has become an annual tradition. Knowing I am brightening their winter and bringing joy to both those who pass by and children in need makes the hours and hard work worthwhile.

News Coverage

Comments

Anonymous
November 30th, 2021
Thank you for doing this in the past, and all the best to Christian for the future!
MJ Foley
January 7th, 2021
You saved the best for last! Your 2020 light show was brilliant. We all really needed it this year. Thanks for your commitment and this very special gift. You have provided so much joy to the world! Good luck at Case Western. I know great things are in your future. Can’t wait to see what you do next. 🎄❤️
Anonymous
January 5th, 2021
Thank you so so much, for doing this! 2020 hasn’t been great. But seeing your Christmas cheer, helped us enjoy some moments. We’ve visited a few times, and we’re so grateful for your family’s kindness and effort. Happy 2021!
Richard D Hayes
December 28th, 2020
Christian, my wife and I have been going to your light display every year since you started on Garland. That you have lived on streets named "Garland" and "Evergreen", and that you are named Christian, makes me think that you are the real Santa Claus. Your light shows have made brightened our Christmas every year. For everyone that gets to experience this truly unique and wonderful effort, I suggest that we help Christian get to a total donation of $100K! I see that he only needs another $12K. Let's all do our part. Merry Christmas, and thank you for the years of smiles and deep felt appreciation of this tremendous effort. You are truly talented.
Kathryn S
December 23rd, 2020
Thank you so much for doing this. We have visited multiple times this year just for a joyful activity out of the house.
Maureen C
December 11th, 2020
Thank you for such a tremendous show! What a gift to the community and a great way to raise funds for such a worthy cause. We loved it so much we’re going back again tonight. Your hard work is very much appreciated!
Anonymous
November 24th, 2020
I am so excited that you're going to do another year! You home is one of the highlights of my grandchildren's Christmas. Thank you.
Roberta S Jacobson
November 23rd, 2020
The dates are from 2019. Is this taking place this year?
Steve G.
November 14th, 2020
Any chance you’re doing this again this year? Special COVID coming out of retirement edition?
SJ Gray
December 12th, 2019
The TV show- the "New Trier Now" On channels 16 and 18 in the Winnetka area and Glencoe area- would love to do a story on these light shows!

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