Pre-Thanksgiving rush for home holiday light installation [Video]

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — As we approach the holidays we will all start to see festive light displays on houses.  Some homeowners may choose to do it themselves but more people are paying professionals to do the installations. 

2 On Your Side checked out a relatively new trend involving the “light-hearted”  crews carrying out this work.

It is hard to forget  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation movie with Chevy Chase hanging off the gutter as he tried to install Christmas lights on his family home. But some folks are really serious about giving their home and property a holiday glow. 

And they may hire an installation crew like WNY Lights. That is a group of enterprising UB students we found Monday afternoon in Williamsville. They are bonded and not afraid to climb ladders with heights. And they are busy right now according to team leader Nathan Allen. As he puts it “Everyone …