Twin Towers Resurrected in Colorado Yard Display
In Chris Clyncke’s frontyard, the World Trade Center is in lights.
Clyncke decided to pay homage to New York’s destroyed twin towers this holiday season by erecting a 30-foot replica of the twin towers, made from 4,000 Christmas lights.
“We wanted to do something different after Sept. 11. It started out to show the kids who lost their parents back in New York that people around the world do care. Then it got a little bigger,” Clyncke said.
With his wife and 13-year-old son, Clyncke, a concrete contractor, spent four weeks setting up the display, which includes an American flag, a Christmas tree, Santa Claus and reindeer.
The display cost about $500, Clyncke said, and probably costs about $100 a month in electricity. He said he’s spent hours on a donated hydraulic lift fixing lights blown out each day by mountain winds.
“On average I replace a dozen bulbs a day,” he said.
Neighbor Bob Morton said any time he goes anywhere he makes a point to pass by the house.
“The display is beautifully done. I am amazed at being amateurs they could pull it off,” Morton said.
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