Gayla Thompson calls the people who live on her street “Christmas enthusiasts." Her neighbors call her the Queen of King Eider Lane.

“They’re putting together a dozen pathway lights here,” Thompson said.

She started decorating for Christmas on King Eider Lane in Aliso Viejo 14 years ago as a way to meet the neighbors her then daughter Tara would be playing with.

“I came from a family that knew everybody on our block, and it was important to me that we knew our neighbors,” said Thompson.

What began with a Christmas tree in every neighbor’s front yard, grew into a modern day Winter Wonderland - Which also serves as a holiday donation drop-off for needy families. Each year, King Eider Lane donates nearly 2,000 pounds of food to local organizations.

Their main attraction is the lights they string house-to-house, all the way down the block. They even installed pulleys in 2009 to help suspend the 3,500 feet of lights.

It only takes a few days to get the whole block ready and after almost a decade and a half of decorating, they have it down to a science.

Scott does the carpentry - building a house for those donations. Her daughter Tara and neighbor Sierra twist in the bulbs. Joanie and Carly decorate the mailboxes with help from the kids. Rich is making the sleigh along with spray painting help from his daughter.

It’s takes a village, as they say - and King Eider neighbors take that to heart.

"When we bought the house it came with extra lights and a tree. I think it was probably written into our contract,” said King Eider resident Christy.

The most wonderful time of year? For this street, most definitely. But the tradition is about so much more.

“I get flooded with high emotion when I look at it. You know as everybody says, ‘All the feels,’” said Thompson.