The 2010-2011 Christmas Season will be the final season for Pioneer Ct. Christmas. It has been a wonderful seven years providing the public with holiday cheer, and we hope you've enjoyed it. This website will still be active, and you can check out photos and videos of past shows, but there will not be any new shows.

The final show for 2010-2011 will be on Sunday, January 9, 2011. Be sure to check it out before then if you haven't already. 

Thank you again for all your support over the years. As always, we hope the magic of Christmas last all year long. 

- Merry Christmas

The 2010 Pioneer Ct. Christmas light show is now running! Stop by to check out some classic hits and a few new ones too!

The videos from the entire 2009 show are now available for your viewing please. Check them out in the video section of this site.

After quite a delay, we are happy to announce that the videos from the 2009 show are now online. Well, only 2 out of 3 are online, but the third one will be out next week. Check out the videos here and share them with your friends. Enjoy!

Photos of the 2009 show have been posted online. Check them out in the Pictures section. Video of the show is coming soon. Stay tuned!

The 2009 show is officially over, and all the lights have been packed away. We would like to thank you for a wonderful season. We hope you enjoyed the show! Stay tuned to this site for photos and videos of this year's show.

We will be offering one final night for the show. Tonight, January 4th will be the last showing of Pioneer Ct. Christmas for the 2009-2010 Christmas Season. Come by one last time to celebrate Epiphany in style!

We're disappointed to report that the show will not be running on Christmas Eve. Due do the recent excessive rain, one of our controllers has gone down. We have taken precautions to prevent this from happening, but the amount of water is overwhelming, and water and electricity don't mix. We apologize for this inconvenience. The forecast for Christmas Day is not much better, but we will be working to get everything back up and running. 

Have a very Merry Christmas, and thanks for following us!

Hey everybody! We've entered ourselves in the WIL 92.3 Cornbread Crazy Christmas Light contest. The contest ends today, so we need your help! If you enjoy our show, please show it: Browse to http://www.wil92.com/shout/post/2912_pioneer_ct_christmas_breese_il and click "Vote This up!" If you don't have an account, you'll need to create one. Sorry, but your help is greatly appreciated! - Have a very Merry Christmas, and thanks again for your help!

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been having problems with the rain causes our GFCI switches to cut the circuit. These problems have caused us to disable the show for a few nights. If you've visited on one of these nights, I apologize for the inconvenience. I'd like to share some information about these switches so that you understand exactly what is going on. (Check out details from How Stuff Works)

We have four electrical outlets on the exterior of our home that powers all the controllers and lights. Each of those outlets has a GFCI switch. GFCI stands for ground-fault circuit interrupter. You probably have some of these switches in your bathroom, or kitchen; they contain two small buttons along with the two sockets. When you look at a normal 120-volt outlet in the United States, there are two vertical slots and then a round hole centered below them. The left slot is slightly larger than the right. The left slot is called "neutral," the right slot is called "hot" and the hole below them is called "ground." If an appliance is working properly, all electricity that the appliance uses will flow from hot to neutral. A GFCI monitors the amount of current flowing from hot to neutral. If there is any imbalance, it trips the circuit. It is able to sense a mismatch as small as 4 or 5 milliamps, and it can react as quickly as one-thirtieth of a second.

So with our lights, sometimes when it rains, water gets into one of the circuits. It could be through a broken light bulb, an uncovered plug, or a stripped wire. The GFCI can sense the current flowing through the wire and to the ground because not all of the current is flowing from hot to neutral as it expects -- some of it is flowing to ground. As soon as the GFCI senses that, it trips the circuit and cuts off the electricity. This is a great safety feature, but it has unfortunately caused us to close for a few nights.

Right now, the lights are working at full power. Let's hope for no more rain!

NOTE: You can monitor the latest status on the light show by following our Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/pioneerctxmas

More videos of past years have been updated on our site. Check out the video section to see the new releases! Enjoy!

Our show has been listed among other St. Louis area lighting displays on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's website. Check out the full list and map here.

The 2009 show is up and running after a few hiccups. Stop by when you get a chance! While on our site, be sure to sign the guestbook and check out photos/videos of past years.

The start time for the premiere show has been changed to 7:00 PM. Check out the Breese Christmas Parade and Celebration of Lights at 6:00 PM.

The 2009 show premiere will be Saturday, November 28th at 6pm. Stop by after the Breese Christmas Parade!

Pictures and video of the 2008 show are now online. Check it out. If you didn't get a chance to see the show, you can see it and share it with your friends online!

The 2008 show is finished. The clean-up process has been completed after three days.

Photos and video of the show will be online soon.

The 2008 show is now up and running. Although, on Friday the show is running at half capacity. There are a total of two songs live. All four songs will be up and running on Saturday.

The new website is now live! Browse around and check out all the new features.

We've uploaded pictures from past shows and behind the scenes. Check out "The Show" page for all the photos.

We've added a countdown clock to the website to countdown the days until the show begins. Check it out, it looks pretty slick.

The webpage now has a brand new logo. Somehow, the old logo was lost, but we were able to make this one very similar to the original. Can you tell the difference?

Our new website is beginning to take shape. The goal was to make it easier for us to post our pictures and comments of the show in a more up-to-date site. Check back for more advanced features and pictures/videos of past shows.