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MEDIA SERVICES can Promote Our Site: Download and Display one of the below images on your site linked to our site: http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com EXAMPLE: Click here to see the sizes available Or, Add HOTD Code (below) to your website to display the daily House of the Day EXAMPLE: Click here to see the various sizes and styles available Read Articles about California Christmas Lights from newspapers & TV stations below.
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Press Articles

Tri-Valley Herald

December 13, 2000 - Web site features best of Christmas lights in Valley December 16, 2002 - Big spirit, cool lights illuminate the holidays December 24, 2002 - Let it Glow: Follow the lights for most festive displays December 23, 2003 - Elaborate Christmas decorations light up the holidays December 20, 2004 - Decorators leery of lawn Santa snatchers December 5, 2007 - Deacon Dave / California Christmas Lights December 13, 2007 - Holiday lights, decorations grab center stage in Dublin December 17, 2007 - Web site lists 'must-see' houses with light displays  See photo of front page of the 12/17/2007 Tri Valley Herald. See a close up of the article on the front page

Valley Times / Contra Costa County Times

December 19, 1999 - Tri-Valley man's Web site guides folks to the best holiday-decorated home December 21, 2001 - Light displays brighten season December 13, 2002 - Winter's dawn brings gifts for all December 19, 2003 - Celebrate joy of the holidays with California Christmas Lights December 5, 2004 - Absent flagpole will not throw Santa off course April 03, 2006 - Deacon lights up the season each Christmas December 03, 2006 - Web page highlights holiday sites December 13, 2006 - Charity the holiday highlight for San Ramon family November 25, 2007 - California Christmas Lights December 5, 2007 - Deacon Dave - Livermore / California Christmas Lights December 18, 2007 - Owner of Internet design company maps best holiday displays in region. See photo from the article. December 18, 2007 - See best-decorated homes on web site December 5, 2009 - Green up the Holiday with LED and CFL December 22, 2011 - His Holiday Message: Lighten Up! December 20, 2012 - A (Christmas) tale of two Bobs December 8, 2015 -  Around Livermore: Best Christmas displays listed on local man's website

Independent News

December 2005 - 7th Annual California Christmas Lights Website December 11, 2008 - Website Shines Light On Holiday Decorations

Pleasanton Weekly

December 13, 2002 - Holiday magic: This family's decorations grow year by year, Santa by Santa December 19, 2003 - Lights displays make holidays special: Do homework on Web before piling family into car December 21, 2007 - Lighting the night sky: High-tech winter wonderlands capture the Christmas spirit. December 12, 2008 - GUIDING LIGHTS - Website celebrates 10 years of featuring home holiday displays December 17, 2010 - Lights, Camera, Christmas! December 4, 2015  - Parade, festive lights, outdoor decorations -- it must be the holiday season

Valley LifeStyles

November/December 2004 - Brighten Spirits With Holiday Lights

NBC Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area NBC Affiliate December 8, 2009 - Hunt for Best Christmas Lights Made Easy CBS 5 / KPIX - San Francisco Bay Area CBS Affiliate December 14, 2009 - Liam's List: Holiday Picks December 13, 2010 - Best Neighborhoods For Holiday Home Decorations December 22, 2012 - Best Christmas Lights in the San Francisco Bay Area Oakland Tribune December 18, 2007 - Web site a shining light for displays Novato Advance December 19, 2007 - 701 Arthur St Novato [PDF] December 19, 2007 - 130 San Felipe Novato San Jose Mercury News December 22, 2007 - A virtual community of decorated homes

Promote our site. Download and Display one of these images on YOUR website to PROMOTE this website

Link one of the below images to: http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com

Add HOTD code to YOUR website to display the daily House of the Day

Here is the code (All Code is UPDATED for 2023!)
- NOTE that the code in your page needs to be one continuous line, and not wrapped like it is here (its wrapped due to space limitations).

LARGE - 215 pixel wide
<IFrame src="http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com/HOTD/HOTD.asp" width="215" height="230" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="top" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

BLUE-BACKGROUND - 190 pixel wide
<IFrame src="http://http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com/HOTD/HOTD-medium.asp" width="190" height="190" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="top" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

SMALL -180 pixel wide
<IFrame src="http://http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com/HOTD/HOTD-small.asp" width="180" height="195" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="top" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

HORIZONTAL - 430 pixel wide (BLUE)
<IFrame src="http://http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com/HOTD/HOTD-wide.asp" width="430" height="90" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="top" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

HORIZONTAL - 500 pixel wide (GRAY)
<IFrame src="http://http://www.CaliforniaChristmasLights.com/HOTD/HOTD-wider.asp" width="500" height="90" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="top" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

This is how the House of the Day would look like on YOUR website: