HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas — If you take a trip to 428 Winter Sun Dr. in Harker Heights, you'll find a light display like no other.
The holiday display has traveled to three states but found its forever home in Central Texas. Now, seeing the 20,000 lights synchronized to 50 minutes of music at the Carlson Light Display is a tradition for hundreds of families in Central Texas.
"We will have cars lined up," Bridget Carlson said.
It takes the Carlson family months to put something like this up for the community.
"And that's not programming, that's just putting the lights up," Carlson said. "Programming-wise, it takes my husband around eight hours to program one minute of music."
The family has loved putting the show on every year, but they say some guests are leaving a bad mark, making it the display's worst season without a doubt.
"We've had people throwing cigarette butts under our trucks, leaning up and scratching the trucks, leaving trash like crazy, throwing dirty diapers in the street," Carlson told 6 News. "The list goes on and on."
Carlson posted on Facebook voicing her concerns, hoping guests would listen.
"It's an every night thing," Carlson said. "We have to babysit adults. We have great regulars, and a lot of them have volunteered to stay outside and stand guard. But you know, we shouldn't have to do that. There's no reason that we need to do that. All I can say is, children and teenagers, when you bring your parents out, please watch them."
It's taken a toll on the Carlson family.
"Even if we want to come in and watch a movie, we can't do that," Carlson added. "Somebody has to be watching the security cameras at all times"
Neighbors are just as frustrated.
"I've loved this display since 2016, but the next day, I'll come out and it's trashed," Erica Borja said. "Dirty diapers, blocked driveways. The Carlson family does this for free, so it's just very frustrating."
Now the beloved light display is in jeopardy.
"We will shut it down for the season," Carlson said.
That's only if the bad behavior keeps up.
"We really don't want to shut the show down," Carlson said. "We know that we have a lot of families that this is a tradition for. Unfortunately, though, this year, it seems that the people that are coming out, that are tearing stuff up, throwing trash, all that kind of stuff, seem to be outweighing the ones that know how to be an adult."
For now, the light show will continue.
Showtimes are typically in the evening at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. with extended hours on Christmas Eve and Christmas night.
For more information and what the expectations are, click here.
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