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 Source: Szaroleta, T. (2022, December 1). 50,000 lights, inflatables and more: Jacksonville teen creates eye-popping holiday light show. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/holiday/christmas/2022/12/01/florida-teen-creates-amazing-christmas-light-shows-mandarin-jacksonville/8293657001/

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Florida Times Union

Title: 50,000 Lights Inflatables and More: Jacksonville Teen Creates Eye Popping Holiday Light show

Article date: Dec 1st, 2022

State news

Where did this happen?

The lights are set up at the Caleb and Doug Wolfram's home on Mandarin road, in Jacksonville Florida.

Who was involved?

Doug and Caleb Wolfram, who are father and son. Also a voice actor Caleb hired to narrate the light show.

When did this event happen?

Caleb began putting the light show together right after Christmas last year.  The light show will go on for the rest of this year.

What happened?

The news story focuses on Caleb Wolfram. A 19- year old boy who put together a light show with his father. It is set up at their own house. Caleb is able to control the entire light show from his phone. The show started ten years ago with Caleb's father Doug doing it.  Dough began to get too busy to do it until Caleb became old enough to do it himself. The theme of the light show this year is called "Return of the Radio". It is a 30 minute show and Caleb listened to Christmas music all year to choose the music. Many people stop in their cars to watch the show.

Why is this event relevant?

 It is the holiday season so I thought this story was appropriate to get everyone into the spirit. It connects to the social aspect of Florida and news. This light show brings people from all over Jacksonville together. Much like many of Florida attractions have done throughout our history. Florida has been a place with booming tourism and a place that has wonders and shows for people to enjoy. This is just one example of something that Florida has always done well. attract people. wether it is an amazing light show like this one or the one in St. Augustine or our natural resources we have always been historically good at bringing people to our state. Mandarin and St. Augustine also both happen to be places with deep Florida history. 

Refection:

All in all i found this article very interesting as well as up lifting. It is great to see a young person using his time to do something that brings happiness to a community. Florida will always be a place that people are attracted to. I think we see that through history and see it going on through today. This is a big part of our history and ties into how our state is today. 



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