Markowski lights up Brownsville for Christmas season

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — One of the things folks look forward to during to holidays are all the colorful Christmas lights. With more than 500, 000 lights and enough electricity to power there homes, every night when it gets dark during the Christmas season,  David Markowski flips the switch lighting up five acres of Christmas lights on his property.

“My wife asks me every year, ‘are you going to ever stop?’ David Markowski jokes.  I say “ehh when we fill all 10 acres maybe we’ll stop.”

With more than a half a million lights and Christmas themed inflatables, Markowski invites families to drive through his elaborate Christmas display. Even playing Christmas tunes for the couple thousand families who ride through in amazement.

“We come several times a season and cant get enough,” Brownsville resident Alicia Russell said.   It’s just so much fun. We love to see whats new every year. It’s Christmas magic and we love it.”

“That’s why I do it,” Markowski said. “It’s for those people that are coming through and all those kids that are just screaming when they see pieces that they like that I make.”

Markowski says he builds items for his display year round. He has to start setting up in September to have everything in place by Thanksgiving weekend. To put together all these lights you may be thinking he’s an engineer, but he actually is the co-owner of a pest control company, with a love for Christmas lights.

“My wife says I’m obsessed,” Markowski said. “And I guess I am to some extent, but I love it. It’s a great obsession.”

With so many lights using enough electricity to power three homes, one can only imagine how much it cost to keep this display running for an entire month.

“But it is high, but hey its worth it,” Markowski said. “I would trade it for anything in the world.”

If you haven’t made it out to Brownsville for the Malinowski Christmas display there is still time. Although donations are accepted, this attraction is free to all visitors and is usually open until 10:30 each night.

Malinowski Christmas Lights Display is located at 1675 Coburn Rd, Brownsville, TN 38012