The Wood family stands on their front porch Wednesday, Dec. 14, evening in front of just a few of their many Christmas decorations around their yard. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

PARKER TWP — Jamie and Fred Wood start setting out their outdoor Christmas decorations in September.

It might seem they are rushing the season, but it takes that long to set up the 48 illuminated candy canes that front their Annisville Road home, assemble the 32 arches that encase their driveway in a tunnel of light, install their the two Nativity sets and 45 other lighted figures across the front yard and wrap the house roof and neighboring trees in lights.

Fred Wood, owner of Woodside Plumbing, said he started a decorating competition with his late father, Jeff Wood, in 2015 and, with the elder Wood’s death, inherited his Christmas decorations and decided to continue the tradition.