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Monday, December 3, 2012

'Deck the House' and You Could Win $100,000 for Your School District

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

Monday, November 26, 2012

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

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter 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 from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/rockville. 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? Now’s the time …

C.Z. Guy

9:15 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

Is it OK if they are Christmas decorations, or do they have to be holiday decorations?   more ›

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

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

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? 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 from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. (Check back here next Monday for a direct link to our contest page so you can enter.) 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…

Saturday, December 25, 2010

It's Christmastime in the City of Rockville

PHOTO GALLERY: Part Two of our search for the best Christmas decorations in town

Photographer Jeremy Kim scoured Rockville for the fanciest, the classiest and the tackiest Christmas displays. We love 'em all. Here's some of what he found. Check out yesterday's photo gallery for more. Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 24, 2010

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas in Rockville

PHOTO GALLERY: Our tour of the town in search of the best Christmas decorations

Photographer Jeremy Kim scoured Rockville for the fanciest, the classiest and the tackiest Christmas displays. We love 'em all. Here's some of what he found. Check back tomorrow for more. Merry Christmas!

Rody R Cruz & Josie Lim Cruz

10:49 am on Friday, December 24, 2010

Hint for the judges: No matter how simple, a judge should look for : A Nativity scene a Greeting that says " MERRY CHRISTMAS" before Happy "other" holidays Otherwise, Christmas is just Santa, nodding deers, lighted boxes piled on top of each other, colorful lights... celebrating WHOSE bithday? THINK OF CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY WHEN YOU ARE NOT ANYWHERE AROUND! Judges, are you up to the challenge…   more ›

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