It's a holiday light display that is helping to make dreams come true for some special South Dakota kids. This is the fourth year for the Crooks Christmas, and while the mega light and sound show has attracted national attention, it has also raised a lot of money for a local charity.

Crooks Christmas 2009 is a holiday light display like no other. And this year, the show is bigger and brighter than ever before.

"A Crooks Christmas going green you could say," creator Joe Noe said.

Crooks Christmas has upgraded to LED lights, which are better for the environment and Noe's electricity bills.

"Last year, we were drawing over 250 amps I think our electrician said. This year, my lights don't even flicker inside when we have everything on," Noe said.

Over the past four years, Crooks Christmas has raised more than $72,000 for Make-A-Wish of South Dakota. Spectators can donate to the cause without ever leaving their car. It costs up to $5,000 to grant just one wish for a Make-A-Wish child. Last year, Noe's light show helped in making five wishes come true for these special KELOLAND kids.

Noe starts planning the show in July and usually starts hanging lights when the rest of us are still carving pumpkins. It's a lot of work, he says, but the reward is priceless.

"It is, but it's a lot of fun and it's rewarding work so I don't mind it," Noe said.

And neither do the neighbors, as long as everyone follows the rules.

"People, I think, generally are understanding what it is that we ask of them, which is don't block the driveways and kind of stay orderly," Noe said.

During the first few years, the cul-de-sac was a lot more chaotic. Now, authorities and the local developer have developed a traffic plan to keep the crowds moving.

"He knew we needed a different route to bring in the cars and he had planned to put a road back there anyway, so he put some gravel down for us and now we can bring the cars in and they can line up as far as they want," Noe said.

And have more lights to look at. Thanks to a wireless transmitter, Noe's neighbors down the street are in-sync with the same music. Noe is hoping to hook-up some other nearby homes too. There's no limit to how far this show could go.

"It's always a challenge to see what exciting things we can come up with, what's going to draw the people out here," Noe said. "You know it's fun to do, people keep hopping on board, so we'll probably do it in some form or another for a long time."

The show runs through New Years Day. You can find a map and see a preview of this year's show by visiting the Crooks Christmas Web site.