Photos: Robolights in Palm Springs

Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. checks the lights in front of the Candy Cane Palace area of his elaborate and quirky Robolights display in Palm Springs.

Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. checks the lights in front of the Candy Cane Palace area of his elaborate and quirky Robolights display in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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This is Kenny Irwin Jr.’s world.

Since he was a child, Irwin has built giant sculptures of the creatures and places that fill his mind at his father’s two-acre home, just around the corner from Frank Sinatra’s old estate.

Robolights

A bright yellow Santa’s Masala Chuck Wagon is pulled by a team of half-human, half-robot reindeer in artist Kenny Irwin’s Robolights display in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Robots and galactic creatures decorate the walkways at artist Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Robolights display in his Palm Springs backyard.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. walks through one of the archways in his Christmas-themed, otherworldly quirky Robolights display at his home in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. started making robots out of found, recycled parts at the age of 12.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. started making robots out of found, recycled parts at the age of 12. Today, Irwin has taken over the backyard and property of his family’s home in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Visitors arriving at the entrance to artist Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Robolights display in Palm Springs are greeted by aliens, carolers and thousands of lights.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Electric hands greet visitors near the entrance to Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Christmas-themed Robolights display in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Bright yellow “reindeer” that are part robot pull Santa’s Masala Chuck Wagon Stagecoach in artist Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Robolights installation at his Palm Springs home.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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A pink spaceship decorates part of artist Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Christmas-themed Robolights installation in his Palm Springs backyard.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. walks between Microwavoland and a candy cane-themed area of his quirky Robolighhts display in his family’s Palm Springs backyard.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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An alien Santa on a rocket sleigh is one of the many quirky displays in Kenny Irwin Jr.’s Robolights installation in his Palm Springs backyard.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. said that since he was young, he’s wanted “to shine light.” His Robolights display allows him to do so.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Kenny Irwin Jr. walks through one of the archways in his Christmas-themed, otherworldly Robolights display at his home in Palm Springs.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)