More accolades for 'Weaver's Wonderland'

By Nicolas Grizzle

He's got 182 new creations this year and 101 of them are Dalmations. Scott Weaver, the host of Weaver's Winter Wonderland on Cielo Ct. in RP has gone overboard. "That's definitely a record," he said of the amount of new characters.

Weaver has over 1,000 wood cutouts and countless lights on his house. But the show isn't limited to one residence. A 20-foot-tall dragon and abominable snowman adorn his neighbors' houses, along with the likes of Scooby Doo, Jack Skeleton, Snow White and other cartoon characters. His focus is mostly on Disney, but it isn't limited to just that.

Most people simply describe the street as something that must be seen to be believed. That's what happened when Scott got a call from a woman in Chicago urging him to apply for a KFC.com contest for the most festive holiday house. The voting was over before deadline but results were not available. Weaver is in the top 12 in the nation, and if he wins he'll get some help paying his $1,200 electric bill for December.

Next year Weaver will focus his energy on another huge creation: Aladdin's Genie.

He has a small donation box in front of the house with Tweety Bird thanking generous patrons in advance. The community "pretty much paid for the whole (PG&E bill) last year," said Weaver, who takes four weeks of vacation each year from his job in a supermarket produce department to work on the house.

Will Keane and Chance Haavik, both 12, help Weaver each year with the set up. "I've helped since I was 4," said Keane proudly. This year, the two neighborhood kids, who were riding skateboards designed for transportation rather than tricks in front of the house Tuesday evening, helped put reindeer and lights on the roof, get boxes out of the attic, and assemble characters. And they have fun doing it, they said.

Weaver was handing out candy canes to kids and answering the oft-asked question, "Why do you do this?" Talking to a group of sightseers, Weaver said, "I know the vision that's going to happen when kids see the house, and that drives me more to get it done."

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