Dallas Home Wins Deck the House Contest and $100,000 for Paulding Schools

After thousands of votes from across the country, Joseph Felix's home was crowned the best decked house in the country and the winner of $100,000 for local schools.

Check Out the Best “Decked” House in Cumming

You voted and this house in Cumming was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.

Who has the best “decked” house in Cumming? According to users who voted in our annual Deck the House contest, this home has the best holiday lights in Cumming. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved showcasing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest. We will choose 24 finalists from all our entries across the country. From Dec. 18 - Dec. 27, vote for your favorite …

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Last Chance: Enter Our 'Deck the House' Contest

Show your holiday and school spirit by uploading a photo or video of your home to our contest page by 8 tonight.

Have you decorated the outside of your home for the holidays? Would you like to help Forsyth County schools? Show your holiday and school spirit by uploading a photo or video of your home to our contest page by 8 tonight. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Remember, you can't win if you don't enter so snap a photo today and you might just be our lucky finalist. Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights

Capturing holiday lights on your camera can be a challenge. Get some tips. Photograph your lights. You could win $100,000 for Forsyth County Schools.

We put up holiday lights to see how pretty they look when it gets dark. You want to capture those lights on your camera, but getting those lights to look right in your pictures can be more of a challenge than you bargained for. Professional photographers have lot of experience and cameras with all sorts of settings that most of us wouldn’t know what to do with. Here are three tips for the amateur photographers out there:  1. Turn off your flash. If you use a flash, your automatic settings with respond to the light of your flash and your holiday lights won’t show up. 2. Use a tripod. You just turned off your flash. That means that your camera is going to try to make up for having less light but leaving the lens open longer. This means any …

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Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Have you decorated your house for the holidays yet? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page now through Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/Cumming. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. So, what are you waiting for? …

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Enter Patch’s Deck the House Contest for Your Chance to Win $100K for Forsyth Schools

Share your photos of your house decked out for the holidays, and enter to win $100,000 for Forsyth County Schools.

Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Have you decorated your house for the holidays yet? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

Best Holiday Lights in Georgia

Here's where you can find some of Georgia's best holiday displays and don't forget to upload your own displays to our "Deck the House" contest!

Looking for some inspiration before you enter Patch's Deck the House contest? Georgia Magazine put together a list of some of the top light shows in the state to get you ready. From the The Magical Nights of Lights at Lake Lanier Islands Resort to Stone Mountain Park, a few night trips will light up your life. When you get home for seeing all the great lights, upload your own pictures into our Deck the House contest for a chance to win $100,000 for Forsyth County Schools and $500 toward your own electric bill. Tell us where you've found the best light displays in the comments below!

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