After thousands of votes from across the country, Joseph Felix's home was crowned the best decked house in the country and the winner of $100,000 for local schools.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
In this year's Deck the House contest, the second time was the charm. Joseph Felix's Dallas home outshined the other 24 finalists to win the 2012 Deck the House contest and $100,000 for Paulding County Schools. After placing second in the nationwide voting in the 2011 contest, the Felix home in Dallas, Ga., received nearly 11,000 votes this year to finally win Deck the House. The home, with 100,000 computer animated holiday lights choreographed to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You," received about 300 more votes than a home in Coventry, R.I., which finished in second place. Judging by the 80 comments on the Felixes' Deck the House submission, visiting the home has become a holiday tradition in Paulding County. Many people …
You voted and this Ormewood Park home was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.
Who has the best “decked” house among the neighborhoods of East Atlanta Patch? Just off Moreland Avenue on East Confederate Avenue — you can't miss it — there's a home hat brightly celebrates the season. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved showcasing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest. We will choose 24 finalists from all our entries across the country. From …
Think you can beat them for $500 in money for your utility bill plus $100K to Atlanta Public Schools or DeKalb County School System in our Deck the Halls Contest?
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Friday, December 14, 2012
by Patch Staff A little friendly competition never hurts, especially when there’s cash on the line! So if you think your holiday decorations are the best in town, upload a picture of your house and enter our Deck the House Contest. This homeowner on East Confederate Avenue in Ormewood Park is just one of the entrants in the contest that will give the finalists up to $500 to cover their power bills. The grand prize winner will get $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. You can see a video of the Ormewood Park homeowner's display here (and vote for it, too). If you think you can go icicle light to icicle light with your neighbors regarding holiday displays, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from through …
Chris Murphy
8:25 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
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