Curtain Call for Weavers Winter Wonderland in #RohnertPark #SonomaCounty. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/TWQQXNb4lK
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016
But there's a twist this year as Weaver's Winter Wonderland comes to an end this year.
Scott Weaver’s hand-crafted #Holiday tradition has appeared 22 years straight…and this is the last time. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/kVhkGn6tEP
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016
Scott Weaver turned his home into a castle and around Rohnert Park he and his home need no introduction.
Crowds factored into Scott’s decision to pull the plugs to 40,000 lights. Neighbors had enough. #abc7now #sonoma pic.twitter.com/p9heMgu50G
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016
Every item at the home is hand-crafted by Scott. At least 40,000 lights illuminate the home the decorations get more elaborate with every season until this season because this is the last year he'll put on this incredible display.
"I think changes in my inner self that I wanted to do things and realizing how many eight hour days I do here and how I put everything else off," Weaver's said.
It’s a five-month job to put up, tear down, maintain and create. #RohnertPark #Sonoma #abc7now pic.twitter.com/0F3UW58wRf
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016
Now let's toss in other factors, a case of too much success, perhaps. When Weaver's Winter Wonderland earned first prize in a national contest, it seemed the world began passing by clogging up the cul de sac. "Some of our neighbors embraced it. Some of them didn't," neighbor Donna Harrison said.
For a guy who spent five months a year on this, maybe that's all the push he needed. After December 25 it will be no more.
Scott plans to turn all of this over to a friend who will continue the tradition elsewhere. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/8DgU5os1VB
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016
Meantime, back to work. Weavers Winter Wonderland opens December 1st. #RohnertPark #abc7now pic.twitter.com/jLNMsc45zA
— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) November 15, 2016