To their delight, a sea of faces greeted Bruce and Bev Supple when they walked outside their Goonellabah home on Wednesday night.

Their annual Christmas light show at Grevillea Grove drew one of the largest crowds they’d seen since the Covid epidemic began – and they loved it.

“It’s been humungous,” Bruce laughed. “The grass is trodden out the front.

“Since last Saturday, it’s hyped up – people tell others and then lots do a drive by, and some walk by to see it. We are expecting it to get really busy this weekend.”

If you still haven’t taken a drive down Grevillea Grove in Goonellabah to see the annual Christmas light show, put it on your bucket list now.

There’s the waterfall that cascades down the roof onto the lawn – turning into a stream and lagoon that reindeer drink from. There’s kangaroos, and Santa on a bicycle – and even a Santa snow mailbox.

After 43 years of putting on an annual light show, Bruce said he can’t just keep it the same – and he’s added in even more lights this year.

It takes so long to put them all up, that the couple start getting ready for it in October.

“Thank goodness we did because we had a heap of rain and storms,” Bruce said. “So we made the displays up out the back while the rain was happening, otherwise we wouldn’t have commenced on December 1.

“The storms blew the displays over and there were and wires everywhere, so we couldn’t light up that night. But we stood it all back up and the next day got it ship shape.”

For Bruce and Bev, working as a team and taking the time to set up the display is a labour of love.

“It’s great to bring cheer and enjoyment to people,” Brice said. “Not only the little ones - its right through all ages.

“I’ve been handing out lolly pops to kids again this year. But there’s still no Santa Claus appearances – like before Covid. We didn’t want to risk it yet.

“It’s been so good to see it after the last two years where everyone been through so much disappointment. But now we can give a little back.”

If you want to see the lights, the final day they will be lit up is December 26 – Boxing Day.

The Lismore App has a listing of Christmas lights show in the area, so if you have lights at your place, please let us know by emailing simon@lismoreapp and send us a photo!

See the Lismore App’s Christmas lights location listings in our Christmas section: Christmas

Read more about their amazing light show in previous years: Bruce and Bev make Grevillea Grove a sparkling Christmas lights wonderland