Every year for the past four years, Avery Thomas of Wiscasset has spent over 20 hours setting up a Christmas lights display next to Ship's Chow Hall in Wiscasset.

He says the project is a lot of work, but a lot of fun and a lot of people have said how much they enjoy the display.

“It takes about 10 hours to do the lights, and another 10 to set up the sync with the music,” Thomas said.

Thomas matches the light display up with a list of songs played on 88.7 FM. If someone pulls into the Hall parking lot, turns on the radio and watches the lights, it's a perfect sync.

“This is the most I've done so far,” Thomas said.

Thomas is 17 and is a junior at Wiscasset High School. Each year he sets up a donation box on a tree with the display to offset the costs of lights and electricity for the display so he can keep doing it year after year.

“The only reason it's so big this year is because we got lots of donations last year,” Thomas said.

The display can be seen on at 277 Bath Road (Route 1) in Wiscasset.