VIDEO: Chesterfield Couple Show Christmas Spirit With Extravagant Holiday Light Display

For Bob and Marge Dowell, Christmas isn’t just another holiday.

If you’ve ever driven down Sugarbush Road during the festive season, you probably know that house. The one next door to , the one visible from a few streets away, the one with all those Christmas lights covering their 10-acre property.

But, this Chesterfield Township couple have great pride in their decorations and don't really mind the extra $800 on their electric bill during the month of December either.

“I just sit in my sunroom in the dark and look out and watch the cars drive by,” Bob Dowell said. “I just love Christmas.”

The Dowells don’t really know when their light show became so extravagant, they just say it gets bigger each year.

Since moving into their home 13 years ago, they kept adding to their display. Setting aside two days to set up the extension cords alone, the couple’s hard work has paid off. They’ve won a prize five years in a row in Chesterfield Township’s annual Holiday House Decorating Contest.

However, the Dowells don’t just only pay attention to their outside of their home, their inside is just as decorated, with six Christmas trees scattered about.

“I didn’t plan on as much this year,” Bob Dowell said. “But, I really enjoy it and I’m glad everyone enjoys it as much as I do.”

So, the next time you’re heading down Sugarbush Road and you see the house with five cars pulling into the driveway at once, or even just a few watching from the school parking lot next door, you know it’s the Dowell’s house; the one you just can’t miss.

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