{"id":23659,"date":"2015-11-27T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=23659"},"modified":"2015-11-27T07:33:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T14:33:06","slug":"johnson-light-show-fires-up-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/johnson-light-show-fires-up-in-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Light Show Fires Up in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Johnson Family <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Lights<\/a> are pretty famous. They were a hit in San Antonio long before being featured on the Great <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Light Fight. <\/p>\n<p>This display likes to bill itself as &#8220;non-traditional&#8221; and right away it smacks the viewer as something very different. They explain:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are no inflatables, characters, blow molds, or other &#8220;traditional&#8221; elements. Even the music is not traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music; it is a custom sound track composed of Dubstep, EDM, hip hop, movie clips and even our children! The result is an exciting show that feels like a dance party! Even the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">lights<\/a> are not traditional, we use Pixels which are similar to what you would see in a stadium Jumbotron. Each pixel can be controlled individually and set to any color and intensity. This means many more effects than what can be done with <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">lights<\/a>! The show embodies the spirit of DIY and cutting edge technology with all custom built elements, kit based controllers, and both custom and open source software. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The results are stunning:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/90oZ52M4IC0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, the Johnsons are all over the Internet. 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