Chubbuck Holiday Light Contest winners announced

CHUBBUCK, Idaho (KIFI) – The annual City of Chubbuck Holiday Light Contest winners have been announced.

The overall winner of this year’s contest was 5070 Pleasant View. The city said they have a huge tree all wrapped in lights that light up the entire street, and the larger bushes, trees and pillars are all wrapped very precisely. They said the windows and roofline are outlined perfectly, and it is all very neat and very nicely done.

This year, the award for People’s Choice was given to 382 Lavendar. The city said this is a small, animated pixel display that is new this year and fun to watch. This award is voted for and chosen via an online survey posted on the City of Chubbuck’s social media and has taken the place of the Mayor’s Choice award this year.   

The other category winners are:

• Best Commercial Display- Idaho Central Credit Union
• Griswold Award- 201 Henry
• Best Animation- 1389 Sawtooth
• Most Traditional- 4962 Rose
• Most Colorful- 4633 Phasimeroi
• Best Small Display- 617 Dell
• Spirit of the Season – 755 Callie
• Spirit of the Season- 5006 Liberty
• People's Choice- 382 Lavender

New this year, the city wanted to give special recognition to a specific street or neighborhood that is exceptionally decorated. The winner this year is Boyd, Jake, & Hiram streets just off Chubbuck Road. Nearly every house is decorated.

Because the city wanted to include as many people as possible in the contest, including those who have not won awards in the past, they have two additional categories of houses that deserve recognition, even though they will not get a physical award in their yard. Santa’s Favorites- These are houses that are above and beyond the typical Christmas Display and include many of the houses that win awards every year. Even though these houses did not get an award, they still deserve recognition.

• 1105 Sawtooth
• 5745 Sorrell
• 985 Boyd
• 4951 Cole St
• 5038 Camden
• 637 Canal
• 433 Roanoke
• 850 Harold

Again this year, the city expanded its judge's pool and had more than 15 judges out and about checking out the displays.