OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas all over Northeast Wisconsin.
While many are decking the halls themselves, some folks are hiring outside help.
Whether you do it yourself or hire some of “Santa’s little helpers” to do the heavy lifting this time, you now have options when it comes to decorating for the holidays.
Many landscaping companies, like Vande Hey Company in Appleton, have made a list of services, checked it twice and decided to add Christmas decorating to it this time of year.
“We offer exterior lighting, so we light roof lines, trees, we do the front planters in front of houses…anything from very simple to pretty high-end. The sky’s the limit for Christmas!” said Kelly Smith. She works in sales and design for Vande Hey Company.
No more hauling Christmas boxes out of the attic, untangling lights or fussing over things like burnt out fuses.
Tom Jensen, a sales consultant with Vande Hey Company tells FOX 11 his team can add some convenience to holiday decorating.
“We bring in lifts, and tall ladders and things that people may just not want to do anymore. Things that might take them days and weeks to do, we can do in a much shorter time, and again, custom to their specific situation.”.
But for some people like Troy Campbell, who’s been transforming his Kaukauna home into the North Pole for the past decade, not decorating yourself takes away the magic of Christmas.
“When you put your heart and soul into it, knowing what your mission is, it puts a whole new light on things. Yeah, I can have somebody come to do this, but it won’t be the way I’d like it.”
Campbell starts his decorating in September, and everything at the North Pole, Campbell has created himself.
“I listen to the guest that we have here; the children and what they’re looking for, and I like to surprise people with different things every year.”
While he may feel hiring a company to do the work for him is a waste of time, time is what professional decorators say they give more of during the holidays.
“If you hire somebody to do your lighting, you have time to do more of the baking and the shopping.”
Hiring a decorating company this holiday season can set you back anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand, depending on the project.
