The final checks are in progress. “There may be a few garlands left to hang and we have to relaunch the show blankly”, launches Mathieu Przybylski, not very worried. As every year since 1998, the “illuminated house” of his parents, in Lantéfontaine (Meurthe-et-Moselle), should delight his public from this Saturday, November 19 to December 31.
For the topic dedicated to Snow Queen in 2016, “20,000 people” marched through the family garden. Between the terrace of his neighboring grandmother and therefore that of the parents, including the vast entirely decorated facade. In total, around “50,000 LEDs” were installed by the quartet.
“It corresponds to a lit oven”
Far too much at a time of soaring energy prices and sobriety demanded by the government? “It’s less than usual because we took the recommendations into account,” replies the 30-year-old. “We will only light on Saturdays and Sundays from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. In other years, it was also on Fridays and it lasted longer in the evening, until 9 p.m. »
The electricity bill inevitably took a hit… “Not that much! With all these LEDs consuming very little, it was estimated that it corresponds to a lit oven. There it really shouldn’t do much, ”corrects Mathieu Przybylski, still as invested in the preparation of the event. Translator for the Disneyland Paris amusement park, he manages it from a little further away but never misses an opportunity to return to help in his native Lorraine. “It starts in January with the plans for the next edition and then we start installing from August. “Not really between pure amateurs since his father is… an electrician.
But the “illuminated house of Lantéfontaine” cannot be reduced to its LEDs. All around, a real scenography is set up. With a theme that changes every year. For this Christmas 2022, it is Harry Potter who has been chosen and therefore succeeds the Grinch. The famous magician will not be there in person but his universe has been reproduced.
“We built three towers like for Hogwarts castle and ordered sets in England to reproduce the Gryffindor common room. There will also be the Sorting Hat and the three to five minute show is about Voldemort,” lists the enthusiast, boosted “by seeing the joy in people’s eyes and their enthusiasm.” Period of sobriety or not.