But for Rick DeClute, that's no big deal — he puts up 80,000 lights on 15 trees in the Beach every holiday season. DeClute's company, DeClute Real Estate, is the co-ordinator of the Light Up The Beach event, which kicks off the holidays in the east-end neighbourhood Friday night. For each of the past nine years, DeClute's team has strung up around 20,000 linear feet of lights by the boardwalk. Rick DeClute and his team string up around 20,000 linear feet of lights by the boardwalk every year. For more details, check out the 2016 Light Up The Beach Facebook event.

Source: CBC News November 25, 2016 19:41 UTC