The Colonial Hills Civic Association

Below are the winners of the 2024 Holiday Decorating Contest! Congratulations and thanks to all who participated.

Best Overall Category

• Best Overall – First Place: 244 Colonial – this homage to the classic Christmas cartoons is magical. From the pics, you can hear the music playing in your head, but you don’t have to imagine it, as there’s a soundtrack playing!
• Best Overall – Second Place: 120 E Riverglen – the judges were amazed by the meticulous light placement.
• Best Overall – Third Place: 322 Loveman – blow ups and lights, oh my! There’s even a flamingo!

Front door category included front porches, yards and sometimes the whole shebang per the judges determination.

• Best Front Door – First Place: 384 Colonial – affectionately referred to as the gingerbread house by the judges.
• Best Front Door – Second Place: 212 Colonial – What a charming light display on that beautiful porch they built at the top of the hill.
• Best Front Door – Third Place: 575 Meadoway – hodge podge of awesome blowups.

Best Retro, Most Artistic and Most Lit Up Categories

• Best Retro: 287 Loveman – pure nostalgia.
• Most Artistic: 435 Park – the judges can’t believe the owners decorate that giant tree every year!
• Most Lit Up: 374 Loveman – just a perfect job!

A huge Thank You to Event Chair Dave Nadolny and his secret judges, who, along with everyone who decorated their homes for the holidays, made this wonderful Colonial Hills annual event possible!

Dave wanted to let everyone know that after the judging was completed, “The signs are up. A little history on the signs. 15 years or so ago, the CHCA decided that the annual winners should have a sign in their yard. I enlisted our local Cub Scout pack who did the festive (although odd in some cases) artwork on the back of the signs. I then stenciled the lettering on the front and waterproofed them. They’ve held up pretty well, but I think they are near end of useful life. Maybe new signs next year!”

(And here are the pics, with photo credits to the Secret Judges – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these photos)

_01 Best Overall – 1st Place
_02 Best Overall – 2nd
_03 Best Overall – 3rd
_04 Best Front Door – 1st Place
_05 Best Front Door – 2nd
_06 Best Front Door – 2nd (back of house, also decorated!)
_07 Best Front Door – 3rd
_08 Best Retro
_09 Most Artistic
_10 Most Lit Up