. Kevin's front garden has a 'Merry Christmas' welcome archway ( Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News) He said: "I have always loved Christmas and making people smile. What originally prompted me to do it was the idea of raising money for charity. "A couple of years ago, I wanted to help raise funds for St Ann's Hospice who had looked after a neighbour of mine, and the charity helped publicise it. "From there, I knew I wanted to keep doing something for the local community, and it just got bigger and bigger. "It never used to be a big switch on, I just used to have loads of lights up outside my house and people could put some money into the pot if they stopped by. The dad-of-one has spent months penny pinching ( Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News) "But last year, with Covid still going around, Christmas still felt quite dull for a lot of people, so I organised the switch on where people could come and watch." Videos of K){kind=link}
Dad-of-one Kevin Buckley, 35, turns his home into a winter wonderland every Christmas for charity – but this year he wanted to go even bigger, and it meant penny pinching all year
A Christmas super fan has turned his home into a winter wonderland after saving on energy costs for months.
Kevin Buckley has been penny pinching all year by switching off the lights in anticipation of putting on his dream festive display.
The dad-of-one, from Chorlton, Manchester, attracted around 100 neighbours with his Crimbo bonanza last year.
But come 2022 he wanted to go even bigger – including a ‘Merry Christmas’ archway leading into his front garden, reports the Manchester Evening News.