{"id":2,"date":"2023-11-24T04:44:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T04:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-11-25T04:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:27:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are 2 brothers who gain our obsession for Christmas Lights with our father who also enjoyed bringing joy to everyone both young and old. Starting back in the early 2010’s, Nick was introduced to the world of RGB lighting by a youtuber named Great Scott[1]<\/sup>. This is far cry compared to what we use today but was the stepping stone that led us down the rabbit hole we are in today. After showing Mike what can be done, and a little convincing (very little), it was just a matter of time that we would become as good as we are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we use high quality manufactured LED strands using the WS281x protocols. These are the most reliable way to provide you the best “Blinky Flashy” experience this side of the Mahoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first “pixel” show was back in 2016, which consisted of you normal roof outline. Several years and hundreds of man hours later, we are hosting over 8,500 individually addressable pixels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the people who made this possible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\n

Mike – Owner\/Master Builder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guys is awesome at taking everyday parts and trying them into the intercate props we use in our show.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Nick – Sequencer\/Secondary Builder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who can sit for hours listening to all the songs on repeat and making all the pretty “Blinky Flashy” happen? You guessed it. This guy!<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>
\n

Rhonda – Pixel Pusher\/Mortal Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has pushed thousands of pixels allowing us (Nick\/Mike) to focus on getting the show up and running. She still complains about her thumbs hurting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Maddie & Lily- Mascots\/Emotional Support Dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maddie and Lily showing their holiday spirit. These pups give us needed breaks and all the kisses we an stand.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

[1] Great Scott – Make your own 15×10 RGB LED Matrix – Part 1 – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pFcZ-ijrDY&t=0s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are 2 brothers who gain our obsession for Christmas Lights with our father who also enjoyed bringing joy to everyone both young and old. Starting back in the early 2010’s, Nick was introduced to the world of RGB lighting … Continue readingAbout Us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christmasatthecrossroads.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}