{"id":435665,"date":"2025-12-09T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435665\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:28:08","slug":"this-phoenix-family-just-won-the-great-christmas-light-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435665\/","title":{"rendered":"This Phoenix family just won &#8216;The Great Christmas Light Fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Christmas spirit had a ZIP code, it would probably forward its mail straight to north Phoenix because\u00a0The Biggest Little Christmas in Phoenix\u00a0just snagged a\u00a0very\u00a0big win.<\/p>\n<p>The wildly packed and joyfully chaotic holiday display at the home of\u00a0Carl and Patty Jimenez, located near\u00a0Union Hills Drive and First Avenue, officially lit up ABC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Great Christmas Light Fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their four-bedroom home beat out competitors from California and Maryland, earning them the glowing light-bulb trophy and a cool\u00a0$50,000. Host\u00a0Carter Oosterhouse\u00a0praised the couple\u2019s nerdy creativity and their ability to cram what feels like\u00a0an entire North Pole\u00a0into a compact front and side yard.<\/p>\n<p>The display, which started in 2014, now features glowing blow-mold snowmen, a penguin colony 22 birds strong, a kid-sized Winterfest village, \u201cGingerassic Park,\u201d and even\u00a0Arizona\u2019s tiniest Christmas tree\u00a0viewed through a microscope. There\u2019s so much squeezed in that even a tiny TV inside a mini house plays an episode of the actual show.<\/p>\n<p>The Jimenezes, self-proclaimed Disney and\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0fans, say they\u2019ve simply created the kind of display\u00a0they\u00a0would want to visit. And Phoenix agrees because this \u201clittle\u201d Christmas keeps getting bigger every year.<\/p>\n<p>Got a story you want to share? Reach out at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Tiffany.Acosta@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tiffany.Acosta@gannett.com<\/a>. Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tiffsario\/?next=%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@tiffsario<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Looking for the <a href=\"https:\/\/profile.azcentral.com\/newsletters\/things-to-do-this-weekend\/?ipid=phoenixTTD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best things to do in Arizona<\/a>? 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