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North Fork Patch to Crown King of the Holiday Lights

Contest searches for the homes with the brightest, busiest, jolliest or the most stylish outdoor decorations. Will yours win?

'Tis the season for holiday decorating, and North Fork Patch wants to recognize those who take this suburban ritual far beyond the average string of lights and plastic snowmen. We're looking for the heroes, the kings and queens of the holiday lights.

Over the next week, Patch will assign photographers to walk the streets looking for homes glowing with red, green, white and blue lights. But it's not just the brightest we want. We'll be looking for extreme creativity, whimsy and style as well. Here's a hint: animatronics wins extra points.

But we can't walk every street, so the best way to get noticed is to send us the photos yourselves. Don't worry if your trusty point-and-shoot takes a terrible night shot. We'll happily send a photographer your way to get a better picture if we need to. Just e-mail the photos to erins@patch.com.

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We'll start posting them as a slideshow next week, updating the galleries as we get more photos. Local winners will be selected the week of the 19th, and those will be entered into a larger, Long Island Patch-wide competition for the best in the land.

So get those photos in today. You did all the work decorating, so why not show off your holiday cheer?

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