A Delaware man built a massive Christmas light display on his front lawn with thousands of LED lights for the holiday season and said he wouldn't be surprised to see his electricity bill cost $500 more this year.

Manny Duarte, 55, powers up 24,000 LED lights in his front yard for the holiday light show that matches the music from 97.7 FM so everyone can enjoy the Christmas spirit.

The thousands of LED lights cover trees, stars, and archways in his front lawn plus he has two 10-foot high screens with images that match the song playing. The light display costs an estimated $20,000.

Duarte says he expects the electricity bill to cost triple the amount this year to run 20,000 lights compared to the $135 increase it cost to run last year's show which only had 7,000 lights.

The extra money to run the holiday show doesn't bother Duarte. "All I care about is I just want people to come and look at it – that's all," he said.

He said he's not asking for donations or money to run the light show. "I just want people to come and enjoy the show."

The public can see the spectacular Christmas light display at Duarte's home in Middleton from 5 to 11 p.m. until their last day on Sunday.

Planning for this ambitious light show began back in March. It takes two months alone for Duarte to move all of his props upstairs from the basement.

"In that time, my house is a total disaster," he said.

Duarte is an IT specialist and owns a company named Omnimaven.

He handles everything from running network wires, setting up servers and PCs, wireless networks, phone systems and security cameras.

Programming the lights to sync with his 12 songs takes him between three weeks to eight weeks – for each tune. Duarte also had to create mounts for some of his props, he said, which he designed using a 3D printer.

Right after Halloween, which included a much smaller light display (featuring tombstones and spiders), Duarte mowed his lawn for a final time and then started putting up his Christmas lights.

The 55-year-old said he mostly decorates the yard by himself, except for needing an extra hand to help him lift his two screens, which are adorned in 400 lights apiece.

The reason the Middletown man hung decorations in front of his house instead of on it is because he's not allowed to.

"My wife told me I can pretty much do whatever I want, I just can't make holes in the house," he explained.

The Delaware dad said his house has brought extra traffic into his neighborhood, because people want to check out his light display. So in order to avoid upsetting his neighbors, Duarte said his five children (who each have a car) park up the street.

The good thing is he lives on a circle, so it makes it easier for cars to drive by his home without causing a traffic jam, he said.

His neighbors haven't complained to him about traffic issues, Duarte added.

Sunday marks the last day of Duarte's light show, but he's already thinking about upping the ante for next Christmas.

"One thing I really want to do is add a nativity scene, because that is what Christmas is about. So anything I can do to spread that message, I'd like to do."

Guests can visit Duarte's website to select the next song to be played at his light display.

Duarte has 12 songs in his holiday show, including The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights," Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree," Carrie Underwood's "Away in a Manger" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You."

For example, the music video for Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is played on both screens during that tune.

There are four little prop Christmas trees mounted in the yard that sing during that jam, too. Duarte said he synced the lights to the baby trees, using one tree as the lead vocalist and the other three as backup singers.

With thousands of dancing lights synchronized to tunes, along with the two giant video screens, Duarte's front yard ends up looking sort of like Coachella on Christmas.

There's even a seven-foot-tall star in front of his house decorated with 2,300 lights, making it single most luminous prop in his yard.

Considering Duarte's first light show had 7,000 lights, and this year he tripled that, does this mean he'll have at least 60,000 lights for Christmas in 2022?

"If that happens, I think my wife will kill me."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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