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A Squamish resident was paid the ultimate compliment by his witty neighbours this year who couldn’t compete with his Christmas lights.

Resident Bill Hoggan has lived in Squamish for two decades and, each Christmas, has put up thousands of lights on his home with the help of his wife Linda.

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“Every single year, and every year it gets bigger,” he told Postmedia News. “As soon as American Thanksgiving’s over, the next day it starts.”

Hoggan estimates there are at least 5,000 lights in the display and said his home is always featured in local Christmas lights listings.

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His new neighbours of about a year, however, were quick to admit there was no competing with Hoggan’s annual display.

“They came over and they looked at our lights and said it was absolutely beautiful and I said, ‘When are you going to start putting yours up?’ And they said, ‘We have a plan. Don’t worry,'” Hoggan recounted with a laugh.