""Dyker Heights was not like this, and I started putting up lights," the homeowner, Lucy Spata said. "Everybody hated it because of the traffic" Spata, who goes by "Mrs. Claus," said she helped give life to the Christmas magic back in 1986. "Nobody liked it. Everybody hated it because of the traffic," Spata said. "I just continued and made it bigger and bigger and bigger, and then everybody followed.""
""O'Leary's parents brought her to Dyker Heights as a little girl, and now she brings her friends. "Just the feeling of Christmas. It just gets you in the mood, it gets you in the spirit," O'Leary said. "It's incredible ... we don't have things like this" Scarlett Witthaus said she traveled from Washington, Missouri with her parents and the Dyker Heights lights were a must on the list. "It's awesome and I can barely even see the actual house," Witthaus said."
Large crowds packed sidewalks to see over-the-top Christmas displays in Brooklyn's Dyker Heights, centered on a popular 84th Street home known as Lucy's home. Nearly every inch of the home is covered with bright lights, nutcrackers, and holiday displays; visitors from around the world take photos and drink hot chocolate. Homeowner Lucy Spata, known as "Mrs. Claus," began decorating in 1986 despite complaints about traffic and gradually expanded the displays until neighbors followed. Dozens of homes across several blocks now participate in an annual tradition. Decorations include a nativity scene honoring her mother and large nutcrackers for her husband; Spata begins decorating around Halloween.
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