Welcome to the High Voltage Christmas website. High Voltage Christmas is a computer controlled Christmas Display located in beautiful Castro Valley, CA. High Voltage Christmas originally started back in 2004 as the brainchild of Jeff Stevens. After the first, small year, which served as a testing year, the display recieved a new logo and name. It has been known as High Voltage Christmas ever since.
High Voltage Christmas is a community sponsored display, and it is the community that deserves the credit. Without the support and assistance of the neighbors, and community as a whole, the display would not exist. Still, there are a few people who deserve thanks in particular: the Melo Family, without whom many of the display's features would not exist; the Nunez Family, whose support has lifted the display to new heights (quite literally in this case); and last, but certainly not least, Susan Negrin, a neighbor who has supported the display from the beginning and whose willingness to help has gone above and beyond anything imaginable.
The 2008 Display premiered on December 6 2008. It ran for 19 days until December 25. The crowds were small until an article about the display was printed in The Daily Review. After that, many people started coming. The record was on Christmas Eve with over 60 people! This year's display was a great success. We are thankful to everyone who supported and visited the display. As always, Merry Christmas from High Voltage Christmas!
Even with the all of the comercialization of Christmas, it is important to remember the reason for the season. That is precisely why the display exists. It is my dream, and the dream of the High Voltage Christmas Organization, that everyone will remember the meaning of Christmas. The signs of Christmas were abundant in 2008, and I hope that the same can be said of 2009.