We've never related to Clark Griswold's lust for an impressive Christmas display, but now that one man has rigged his entire house into a giant "Guitar Hero" game, we're coming around.

With the use of 21,268 lights and LEDs, Ric Turner has created a Christmas decoration for his abode that obeys the commands of the game's guitar controller.

Turner is a special-effects expert who used to work for Disney's Imagineering division.

He told MAKEzine, "Even though the game is in 'easy' mode, the lights don't provide the same timing detail as the game does, so it is much harder. Even expert 'Guitar Hero' players have a hard time with the lights, and nobody has made it through without errors."

Keep reading to see it in action.

For a full technical explanation of how he did it, go here.

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