Just a few years ago we were in awe of programmed Christmas lights. Now an 8-year-old can do it. Maybe.

Christmas Light Hero. The blurb at YouTube:

What do you get when you mix a Christmas Light show with Guitar Hero? Christmas Light Hero! A real game you play with a wii wireless guitar controller. Optional TV screen is available if you get in trouble, but if you use the screen, you don't get your name in the high score list.

The Christian Science Monitor reports the house is in Burbank, Calif.:

Ric Turner turned his garage and entire front yard into a Christmas-themed interactive Guitar Hero-style experience. The display, showcased in the video below, centers on Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover."

Mr. Turner's LinkedIn page says he's a contractor for nearby Disney Imagineering, with expertise in "non-screen projection, complex distortion correction, moving eye point, spatial illusions and scenic projection," so he's apparently no stranger to putting on a show.

Turner gave Make Blog all the tech details for the display of 21,268 lights and LEDs. In case you're wondering about the neighbors,

When you play, you watch only the Christmas lights, but the audio you hear is from the Wii, so your flubs are broadcast for all to hear (people in cars can tune 99.1 and crank it up as loud as they want.)

The cute kid is just acting out.