Clarice Kesler

The business was started by George and Elaine Gross in Napoleon after the two saw similar displays during a trip to Branson, Mo.

Meanwhile, the Spragues, who live on their third-generation family farm near the shores of Lake Isabel, had a tradition of stringing Christmas lights on the evergreen trees lining their driveway each season. But as the trees grew larger, that task was becoming more difficult. So, the couple visited George and Elaine one afternoon to look at their light displays.