Hercules Dwelling’s Vacation Lights Turns into Yearly Custom That Retains Rising – CBS San Francisco

HERCULES (KPIX 5) – A family in Hercules turns their home into a magical winter wonderland with 30,000 to 40,000 lights and hundreds of decorations every year.

Since its inception six years ago, all of their neighbors on the block have participated in decorating the Onyx Court.

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“Every year it just gets more and more, bigger and bigger,” says Bernardo Dunn. He and his wife Tracy Palma say they have both loved Christmas since they were little. After they got married, decorating for the holidays became something they really enjoyed doing together.

For Haley Hold and her two-year-old daughter Stella Mae, visiting the home of Palma Dunn has become an annual tradition.

“I think this year was special for her to walk down the path and then make Santa Claus dance,” said Hold as she walked over to the Santa Claus figure and clapped to make it move while looking at her daughter’s face watched. “She’s just in awe!”

“Of course we see the children. They smile. They appreciate it and it makes us feel good, especially with everything that’s happening, ”said Dunn.

Denise Domich brought her family from Pinole to tour the house after hearing about it on Instagram. “To see the magic of Christmas through the eyes of a child is indescribable. I mean, you can see it on his face, it’s just a lot of fun, “Denise said as she watched her son count some of the big lights in the driveway.

“If a spot is missing that isn’t lit, we will definitely do it next year. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger, ”said Palma. She thinks the roof looks dark – just framed by lights – and thinks that next year they will be putting fairy lights over the whole thing.

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On this year’s electricity bill, “We’ve gotten a little bigger this year, so we’re scared of what the bill will look like in December,” said Dunn. “This number will contain a comma.”

“It’s definitely worth it,” he added.

The Palma Dunns say they buy most of their decorations for post-Christmas sales but have spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years.

They have a storage room that they keep all of the decorations and they say it takes almost three weeks to set it all up.

The house is located at 145 Onyx Court in Hercules and the lights will be on until January 7th.

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