Christmas lights trail: High Wycombe grandmother celebrates Xmas Down Under with Bluey lights

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Christmas lights trail: High Wycombe grandmother celebrates Xmas Down Under with Bluey lights

Jen Pegrum is no ******** when it comes to Christmas lights.

For more than 20 years, the grandmother has decorated her High Wycombe home with dozens of quintessential Aussie icons like Bluey, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Santa on the barbie in celebration of Christmas Down Under.

“My hubby has made a Santa on the roof with six white boomers, so we’ve got the kangaroos flying off the roof this year … I don’t think anyone else in Australia has that,” she told The Sunday Times.

“We’ve also got Santa with a ***** and a barbecue . . . and we’ve got echidnas, platypus’, sharks and even a little Nemo underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge.”

What started as a small hobby has now snowballed into an annual tradition, with hundreds of colourful lights, signs and *****-up statues wrapping around her entire front yard each year.

But hanging up hundreds of Christmas lights is no small feat.

Camera IconJen Pegrum has decorated her home with Christmas lights for more than 20 years. Credit:

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According to Ms Pegrum, decorations begin to go up on October 1, giving her two whole months to fill her garden with trinkets before celebrations officially start on December 1.

“It takes a couple of months because we just do a couple of sets (of lights) each day so it makes it easy on us,” she said.

“We finished it this week and we tested it last Sunday night.

“My grandchildren just absolutely love it … they’re always out saying hello to people.

“We’ve got a game where people try and spot the ‘2024 Santas’ and two naughty elves and you can hear everyone counting … it’s really great.”

To celebrate the festive season, 7NEWS has partnered with Alinta Energy to find WA’s most impressive home Christmas lights display.

One lucky winner take home a $5000 Eftpos Gift card while one runner up will have their Alinta Energy bill paid for a year up to $1000.

Upload your home’s display to 7news.com.au/christmaslights before December 15 and be watching 7NEWS each night to see featured homes.

Voting opens on December 16, with the winner decided by a combination of public votes and a 7NEWS panel of judges. The winning entry will be announced on Christmas night on 7NEWS at 6pm.

Camera IconVoting opens on December 16, with the winner decided by a combination of public votes and a 7NEWS panel of judges. The winning entry will be announced on Christmas night on 7NEWS at 6pm. Credit: Jackson Flindell/Jackson Flindell / The West Aust

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