Sheppard Family Christmas Display a Local Tradition
Each year, Bill Sheppard, aka "Mr. Christmas," puts up an elaborate Christmas display at his Lanoka Harbor home
Each October, Lanoka Harbor resident Bill Sheppard begins the long process of setting up his Christmas decorations for the season. It may sound early to start getting ready for the holidays, but Sheppard's display is quite a bit more complex than your average string of lights hung from the gutters or inflatable snowman. Just about every square inch of Sheppard's yard is covered in twinkling lights and vibrantly colored standees of cartoon characters. The characters are hand-painted, and vary from Christmas standards to ones from recent animated flicks. The festive display is celebrating its 35th year of delighting local children and grownups, and grows in size and number of characters every year. Last year included the basset hound from …
Forked River Mom
8:38 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Wow, some people can be such jerks! He does this for the children, not for you whining adults who always have something negative to say. He obviously puts a lot of time and effort into this just to bring smiles to peoples faces, all for the love of Christmas. more ›