Led Co unty Ledger
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Hometown Newspaper of Lem and Marie Wright
Volume XLII- Number 13
Leesburg, Georgia - - December 11, 2019
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Photo by Derryl Quinn
Christmas Lights & Sounds At 119 Browning Court
With the assistance of friends and neighbors, Rod Mabley has his family home decorated from the front curb to the backyard for
Christmas. 119 Browning Court is located in Quail Chase Subdivision.
The Mabreys Love Christmas And It Shows
The Mabreys’ home
located at 119 Browning
Court is a Christmas
paradise. From the front
curb throughout the
back yard and on top
the house, Christmas
lights are everywhere.
Describing the lights,
Rod Mabrey explained
that they started about
20 years ago and every
year things just started
growing. They add a
couple of new things ev
ery year as well as get
ting rid of what cannot
be repaired for the next.
They love Christmas
and love spreading holi
day cheer to their neigh
borhood and friends.
Rod Mabrey said that
it is his favorite time of
the year. For years, he
and his oldest son put
up the lights by them
selves and he said it was
definitely a Griswald
experience. But over the
past 10 years at his cur
rent address, it became
too much for the two of
them. As a contractor
and owner of Quality
Painting Contractors
and Mabrey Contrac
tors, he is fortunate
to have extra help. It
usually takes five men
including his son and
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himself three to four
weekends to put every
thing out. Not count
ing endless hours that
Rod Mabrey spends
fine tuning everything
during the week. They
have about 300 plus
extension cords and 9
computer boxes with
hundreds and hundreds
of outputs just for the
computer lights that
go with the music that
have to be plugged
into the correct area
and output to run the
program. The back yard
is also decorated. The
bushes all around the
house have lights and
all the soffits etc. They
have 10 songs that play
with the lights. Small
Christmas trees, big
Christmas trees, arches,
star burst, strobe lights,
nativity scene, Santa
clauses etc. They have
several LED animated
displays and lots more.
Mr. Mabrey said, “It is
a job and it takes a lot of
work but once done, it is
very rewarding and see
ing cars lined up every
night and kids coming
around at night on golf
carts just makes it worth
it.” He has been told by
some parents that their
children think he is San
ta Claus. On the roof is
the most important light
and display of all to Ron
Mabrey. It is a display
with a blinking cross
and says in bold red
letters KEEP CHRIST
IN CHRISTMAS!
The lights and they
run until the end of
December from 6 p.m.
to 10 p.m. - seven days
a week.
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