Christmas lights in Hampshire: Couple set to cover home in thousands of lights to raise money for Woodsy’s Food Bank
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The couple have been decorating their house with lights for more than 50 years and for 20 of those years, they have been raising money for charity.
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Hide AdFor the past three years, the couple have raised a brilliant amount of £9,200 which has been presented to Woodsy’s Food Bank in a bid to help less fortunate families going through a difficult time.
![Barbara and Bill Wright have decorated their home with Christmas lights once again despite the cost of living crises to raise money for charity
Pictured: GV of the Christmas lights at their home in Portchester, Portsmouth on Monday 12th December 2022
Picture: Habibur Rahman](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYzOThhZWJmLTFjYjktNDQ1NS04ZDhkLTM4MGM3NWYzNWI4ZDo2M2MzZWI1Ni1kMmJjLTQzZjctYmVjMi0yYzExMDAzM2MxYWY=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Barbara and Bill Wright have decorated their home with Christmas lights once again despite the cost of living crises to raise money for charity
Pictured: GV of the Christmas lights at their home in Portchester, Portsmouth on Monday 12th December 2022
Picture: Habibur Rahman](/img/placeholder.png)
Bill said: “There has already been a lot of interest in the lights so far.
"I will be so pleased if we could get to the £3,000 mark this year – I never thought we would get to the figure we have now and so if we could keep doing it that would be amazing.”
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Hide AdThe festive house attracts hundreds of people annually and it is formed of thousands of lights and weeks of man power, the house is equipped with santa, snowmen, reindeers and much more.
![Barbara and Bill Wright have decorated their home with Christmas lights once again despite the cost of living crises to raise money for charity
Pictured: Bill and BarbaraWright outside their home in Portchester, Portsmouth on Monday 12th December 2022
Picture: Habibur Rahman](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMxZDFjNjY5LTI4NzMtNDcwNC1hOTU1LTk2NDQzYmQzY2E1MDpjYTI5OWE3NS04MDBlLTRmYzMtOTExZS00Yzk2ZTcxYzJiMTk=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Barbara and Bill Wright have decorated their home with Christmas lights once again despite the cost of living crises to raise money for charity
Pictured: Bill and BarbaraWright outside their home in Portchester, Portsmouth on Monday 12th December 2022
Picture: Habibur Rahman](/img/placeholder.png)
It takes approximately a month to get all of the decorations on the house and this year, Bill has had some help getting the lights on the roof area and he is hoping to get them up and running by the end of this month.