History Series / TheGreatChristmasLightFight

* LevelAte: The Pratt House of Scottsdale, Arizona in Season 9 has a theme of a gingerbread house with lollipops, marshmallows, and hot chocolate. The marshmallows were even ''edible''!

* CoolTrain: Some of the displays feature a train. One of the displays in ''The Great Halloween Fright Fight'' was a drive-through with a train.

* CoolCar: The end of every episode has Santa dropping off the episode's judge at the winning family's house in a fully decked-out red automobile with a horn that plays "Jingle Bells".

* FootFocus: In a Season 9 episode, Judge Tanya notices that a woman dressed as Mrs. Claus is wearing summer sandals, looking fit for a summer vacation in the family's South Florida home.

* CommercialBreakCliffhanger: Happens most often when a display is illuminated, leaving the sounds of the offscreen crowd reacting to the lighting or a shot of the crowd reacting to offscreen lighting. Sometimes happens following an incident.

* InMemoriam: Sometimes a display is done in honor of a deceased family member.

** Those same three events repeat in that order for the other families.

* CommercialBreakCliffhanger: Happens most often when a display is illuminated, leaving the sounds of the offscreen crowd reacting to the lighting. Sometimes happens following an incident.

* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Some displays feature Nativity scenes.

** The family gives a backstory as to how and when they started decorating for Christmas.

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Many Texas families like to have displays that are extra-large in size, one n Season 9 featuring a life-size Nativity scene.

* ProductPlacement: Along with some families having Disney-themed displays, sometime Disney characters appear in more generic displays.

** The episode ends with Santa dropping off the judge at the winning house and the judge declaring that family the winner and awarding them the trophy.

* CommericalBreakCliffHanger: Happens most often when a display is illuminated, leaving the sounds of the offscreen crowd reacting to the lighting. Sometimes happens following an incident.

* OverTheTopChristmasDecorations: The Series!

* CommericalBreakCliffhanger: Happens most often when a display is illuminated, leaving the sounds of the offscreen crowd reacting to the lighting. Sometimes happens following an incident.

''The Great Christmas Light Fight'' is a reality competition series that has aired on Creator/{{ABC}} every December since 2013. In every episode of the series a panel of judges (most from the ABC hit show ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'') look at the [[OverTheTopChristmasDecorations Christmas displays]] by a series of four families per episode and judge which display is the best on the basis of three categories: use of lights, overall design, and Christmas spirit. After a spotlight feature that show all four families, a final segment of the show reveals the winning family. ABC aired a Halloween special called ''The Great Halloween Fright Fight'' in 2014. Some of the episodes have had a special theme including "Neighborhoods" which featured entire streets, and "Heavyweights" which featured extremely over-the-top displays.

''The Great Christmas Light Fight'' is a reality competition series that has aired on Creator/{{ABC}} every December since 2013. In every episode of the series a panel of judges (most from the ABC hit show Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'') look at the [[OverTheTopChristmasDecorations Christmas displays]] by a series of four families per episode and judge which display is the best on the basis of three categories: use of lights, overall design, and Christmas spirit. After a spotlight feature that show all four families, a final segment of the show reveals the winning family. ABC aired a Halloween special called ''The Great Halloween Fright Fight'' in 2014. Some of the episodes have had a special theme including "Neighborhoods" which featured entire streets, and "Heavyweights" which featured extremely over-the-top displays.

''The Great Christmas Light Fight'' is a reality competition series that has aired on Creator/{{ABC}} every December since 2013. In every episode of the series a panel of judges (most from the ABC hit show Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'') look at the [[OverTheTopChristmasDisplay Christmas displays]] by a series of four families per episode and judge which display is the best on the basis of three categories: use of lights, overall design, and Christmas spirit. After a spotlight feature that show all four families, a final segment of the show reveals the winning family. ABC aired a Halloween special called ''The Great Halloween Fright Fight'' in 2014. Some of the episodes have had a special theme including "Neighborhoods" which featured entire streets, and "Heavyweights" which featured extremely over-the-top displays.