Babick working like an elf to get holiday display ready

Mike Babick putting in wiring along the edge of his roof.

Mike Babick says it will take some long days of work, but his popular — and sometimes controversial — holiday lighting display should be ready for a Thanksgiving night debut.

Babick is presently laying the wiring that powers the dozens of animatronic animals and elves in his display.

“This part takes a long time, but once the wiring is down, it goes pretty quickly from there,” he said. “We’ll be out working some late nights to get it ready, but it will be ready.”

Babick will be unveiling three new items this year: a case featuring a train scene; a chalet-shaped display with moving elves and reindeer; and a small display just underneath the Santa’s Workshop scene he puts in his garage.

More pics of the display construction in progress after the jump.

These cases on the south edge of Babick's lawn will hold two new scenes.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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