‘We start preparing our Christmas lights in January’

It takes 10 months of planning and another six weeks to build.

“As soon as one show is finished we start planning for the following year,” Gary says.

“Even during the time we’re running a Christmas show, we start thinking about next year – about the songs, the sequences, the props. It really does start in January.”

Over the summer, Gary spends time building and repairing the props and he uses his skills from his job as a computer programmer to light them up in time with the music.

“From October, it’s all I do,” Gary says.

“As soon as I finish work I go straight into getting it all ready. It’s a huge amount of work setting it up.”

More than 2,000 visitors from across Scotland are expected to turn up at the Gray’s house to watch the 30-minute light show.

It plays every Thursday to Sunday night throughout December, and also Christmas Eve.