Merry and bright: Tri-town residents light up the town
Marino Carrier sits in a sleigh on his front lawn, one of the many decorations at the Mattapoisett resident's house. Photo by Grace Roche
A door decorated with a wreath in Marion. Photos by Mari Huglin
A lightpost is wrapped with greens in Marion.
The Marion Buoy tree. 
A lawn in Rochester is filled with decorations. 
Unicorns and Christmas decorations are set up together.
The Grinch and his dog Max.
The Silvia's lawn is full of blowup decorations. 
The Silvia's house is in Rochester.
One of David Silvia's favorite decorations is Santa with all his reindeer.
A melted snowman sits on the lawn.
Some of the blowup decorations are funny. 
Another tree made out of traps in Marion.
Gigantic blowup decorations are on the lawn in Rochester too.
Carrier stands in front of his decorated home. Photo by Grace Roche
Marino Carrier sits in a sleigh on his front lawn, one of the many decorations at the Mattapoisett resident's house. Photo by Grace Roche
A door decorated with a wreath in Marion. Photos by Mari Huglin
A lightpost is wrapped with greens in Marion.
The Marion Buoy tree.
A lawn in Rochester is filled with decorations.
Unicorns and Christmas decorations are set up together.
The Grinch and his dog Max.
The Silvia's lawn is full of blowup decorations.
The Silvia's house is in Rochester.
One of David Silvia's favorite decorations is Santa with all his reindeer.
A melted snowman sits on the lawn.
Some of the blowup decorations are funny.
Another tree made out of traps in Marion.
Gigantic blowup decorations are on the lawn in Rochester too.
Carrier stands in front of his decorated home. Photo by Grace Roche
Across the Tri-town, residents have decked out their houses and yards with Christmas lights, blowups and other decorations.
For some, it has become an annual tradition to entertain neighbors and other visitors with their holiday decorations and add to their display each year.
In Mattapoisett, the Carrier family have been decorating their house and yard for 10 years and add new decorations each winter.
Marino Carrier said he and his wife try to make their display as welcoming to visitors as possible, and this year the setup includes a sleigh to take photos in, light-up arches for people to walk through, and a table offering hot cocoa.
He said he hopes everyone who visits the house leaves filled with joy.
“We know there's a lot of unfortunate people, and we've been hearing it lifted their spirits. It makes their Christmas,” Carrier said. “They would say, ‘Oh, my God, it just made my Christmas,’ so we get joy from that.”
The family starts decorating the property in September to be ready to turn on the lights the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, and their display will stay up until New Year’s Day.
David and Brenda Silvia of Rochester decorate their yard every year with blowup Christmas decorations.
They have lived in their home for 34 years and have been decorating it since the ’90s.
David Silvia first bought a few blowup decorations to entertain his then 6-year-old son and classmates when the school bus dropped them off.
“Our son would say ‘Mom, Dad, everybody loves our blow-ups,’” Brenda Silvia said.
The couple said they haven’t counted how many decorations are in their lawn this year, but guess there are around 36.
The couple said they continue to decorate for their grandchildren, nieces and nephews. They said their favorite part of decorating their home each year is seeing kids’ reactions.
“I get an awful lot of people with small kids. They'll pull up and they'll stop and the kids are in the windows,” David Silvia said.
The Silvias are open to anyone driving through their yard and stopping to take a look anytime.
“I hope people enjoy it. That's the reason,” he added.
