Al Copeland Christmas Lights

A christmas light display features a rainbow with a bag of toys at the end and reindeer pulling a santa in a sleigh at al copeland s home in metairie in december 1998.

Al copeland christmas lights. In 1979 al copeland s home is covered with thousands of christmas lights. There have been more light displays added since copeland s family donated all the christmas lights in 2008 and there are activities for children including rides on the carousel and a free snow. To update that story in the past year copeland the founder of popeye s fried chicken among. Just before christmas 1974 two years after opening his first popeyes restaurant copeland decorated his metairie manse with a 15 foot rudolph and an 18 foot snowman all illuminated by thousands of baby lights the displays grew over the years into outlandish hodgepodges of lights music and other trappings of holiday joy.

Al copeland says that since a judge has rejected his neighbors complaints about his 35 000 250 000 bulb christmas light display he wants to make it even bigger. That first display a 15 foot rudolph and an. The decorations included a 14 foot reindeer on the lawn. Last year i wrote a short tale about al copeland s notorious christmas light display and what i knew about its history.

Al copeland grew up in poverty but he certainly made up for lost time. Go read it if you want to know the story behind the photos i m about to share.