(Fox News)- Bright lights illuminate the narrow street as hundreds of shivering visitors, sometimes as many as 1,000 a night, snap photos of a house that every year is converted into a dazzling winter wonderland. The 70,000 Christmas light display includes a cascading archway of lights, floating snowflakes and giant, twinkling trees. But the house is now in the middle of a Christmas controversy that has pitted the homeowner with the fed-up town –
which has imposed a $2,000 a night fee to cover police security costs because of the unmanageable spectacle the house draws, with some traveling hundreds of miles to see it. “It’s absolutely beautiful,” said Mariam Ayoub, who drove from East Brunswick to see the house this past weekend. “We saw a picture on Facebook and it was really pretty, so we decided to drive up.” A new neighbor, Lisa Gold, said she heard about the controversy over the fines and wanted to check out the house for herself. “I was shocked, it’s so beautiful,” said Gold. “So, I can’t see why someone would want to charge the owners for a free show.” READ MORE
