Christmas comes alive at Brooklyn house transformed into holiday wonderland by lavish light display

"We have enough electric power in this house to probably light up the whole block," said Frank Seddio, 64, of the holiday display that kicked off yesterday, a Canarsie tradition since 1963. "At any given time, we're using enough [amps] to light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree."

New this year is a massive wreath with 11,000 Christmas lights on the roof of the house at E. 93rd St. and Flatlands Ave. "This will be seen from the planes as they land at Kennedy Airport," Seddio said.

Seddio, a former Surrogate's Court judge and assemblyman, has been putting up the display with his family since he took it over from the house's previous owner 24 years ago. "I caught the fever of it," Seddio said. "It's three times the size now."

Twenty family members chip in to help, stringing lights and setting up animated dolls starting around Halloween.