This is how Fresno's Christmas Tree Lane homeowners prepare for visitors

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Christmas Tree Lane connected Van Ness Boulevard successful Fresno opened for its 104th play Tuesday.

Homeowners walk months preparing their displays, stringing hundreds of thousands of lights.

“This is the lone - we're the longest enactment successful the world. It's thing that, you know, it's lone Fresno,” homeowner Dean Alexander said.

Alexander starts transforming his spot connected Oct. 15 and says helium wholly skips Halloween and Thanksgiving each year.

He says it ne'er gets old, though.

“We person radical each implicit the satellite that travel done the enactment and it's, you know, it's phenomenal… Kids are smiling. Parents are smiling. It's conscionable fantastic,” Alexander said.

Before they tin invited the crowds, electricians walk months making definite everything works, battling the eventual Christmas airy nemesis: squirrels.

“They similar to sharpen their teeth connected our powerfulness line. So those are each our ain powerfulness grids close there… We enactment up each the powerfulness lines, dependable lines, decorate each the trees,” Shawn Caglia with Caglia Plumbing & Electric said.

He says the displays are not powered done PG&E. Calgia Plumbing & Electric supplies each of the generators.

The energy is paid for done donations from the public.

While the electricians support an oculus connected the squirrels and drawstring lights, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office volition support an oculus connected the visitors.

“Be courteous of wherever you spell erstwhile you park. Don't artifact somebody's driveway arsenic you are successful the area. Walking around. Be respectful of the property. Don't interaction immoderate of the decorations. Don't litter,” Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tony Botti said.

He adds that intoxicant and drugs are not allowed astatine Christmas Tree Lane.

Visitors tin bask the lights Dec. 3-25. Dec. 3 and 11 are the only walk nights.