County Employee’s Impressive Holiday Lights Display

James Bryant, Chief of Departmental Admin Services with the County Auditor & Controller, goes all out for the holidays.

For nearly 20 years, he has been putting up his holiday lights display at his home where he synced his lights with holiday hits to create the dazzling show. Each song takes eight to 12 hours to program.

Bryant’s display has caught attention before and was even featured by NBC San Diego when the news station hosted their morning show in front of his home.

He normally puts up his lights on Thanksgiving and keeps the show going through New Year’s Day.

The current show has a run time of one hour, 26 minutes. Bryant says tons of people come to see the display, with some staying to watch the entire show. Songs in the playlist include “Amazing Grace,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” “The Greatest Show” and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

Bryant lives in the Windingwalk community of Chula Vista. His holiday display has inspired several of his neighbors to put up their own displays, turning the neighborhood into a popular holiday destination.

Candy Cane Lane was a big inspiration for him. “I wanted to live on a street that created that memory for other people and now we are doing that,” Bryant said.