Entering our holiday lights contest? Here's what it takes to win.
You could call these folks the merriest and the brightest.
Here are eight previous winners of the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest.
The 2016 winner will be crowned in mid-December and will receive a Snow Master 724 ZXR Snowthrower valued at $749.
You can enter your display by uploading a photo at events.dailyherald.com/contests/ by Friday, Dec. 9.
Neil "Butch" Berkowitz of 8 Deer Creek Court in Lake in the Hills was voted the 2014 contest winner.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Heather Schluckbier of 503 Dartmouth Lane in Schaumburg won the Daily Herald's lights contest in 2013.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Jeffery Lawnicki, 19, decorated his family home at 15N800 Pheasant Fields Lane in Hampshire and claimed the 2012 contest crown.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Elgin's Michael Arnold won the 2011 holiday lights contest for his decorations at 106 Monroe St.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Bill and Jennifer Kyprianidis won the 2010 holiday lights contest for their display at 1495 Morgan Drive in Elk Grove Village.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Nicholas Miele won the 2009 contest for his work decorating the outside of his family's home at 1199 Meadow Drive in Batavia.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.comThe Johnson home at 7 Dover Court in Streamwood took the top prize in the 2008 contest.
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