Sascha Wil­son

Se­nior Re­porter

sascha.wil­son@guardian.co.tt

For the sixth con­sec­u­tive year, busi­ness­man Dave Singh and his fam­i­ly con­tin­ue to spread Christ­mas cheer by trans­form­ing their home in­to a ma­jes­tic Christ­mas dis­play.

Lit with thou­sands of neon lights, a tall Christ­mas tree, lit co­conut palms, dec­o­ra­tions and char­ac­ters, the home at Ros­alind Dri­ve, Palmiste, has at­tract­ed vis­i­tors from across the coun­try.

Singh told Guardian Me­dia that his ef­forts to “light up” were in­spired by his daugh­ter Christyana six years ago, and every year since then, it has grown big­ger and big­ger, at­tract­ing fam­i­lies from all over the coun­try.

He said, “We are hum­bled to pro­vide a place for chil­dren and fam­i­lies to vis­it and spend time tak­ing self­ies, pho­tos and cre­at­ing mem­o­ries to­geth­er. The smiles on the faces of kids and adults alike, in awe of the light­ing show, is enough to re­pay the ef­fort it takes to put on such a dis­play.

“Amidst the dai­ly chal­lenges we all face, Christ­mas is in­deed the most won­der­ful time of the year. In T&T, we have a spe­cial blend of Christ­mas … cel­e­brat­ed by all Chris­tians and non-Chris­tians … with our own Tri­ni touch of food, friends and fam­i­ly.”

On be­half of his fam­i­ly, he wished every­one a Mer­ry Christ­mas and a hap­py New Year.

Delia Mat­loo vis­it­ed the home on Mon­day evening with her daugh­ter and oth­er rel­a­tives.

She said, “We were very sur­prised when we saw all the lights and es­pe­cial­ly the Christ­mas tree, it’s so very tall and colour­ful and bright. My daugh­ter is very im­pressed by the en­tire thing.”

An­oth­er vis­i­tor Kavi­ta Seep­er­sad, of Debe, said she has been vis­it­ing the house around Christ­mas for the past three years.

“To­day is al­so my birth­day, and a good friend brought me out to see lights to make every­thing com­plete. This is the third year I am com­ing here and every year they just keep adding more and more lights and it’s pret­ty ex­trav­a­gant, you can ac­tu­al­ly feel the Christ­mas spir­it.” She said her Christ­mas wish is for the au­thor­i­ties to get con­trol over the crime sit­u­a­tion.