Buckden Christmas Lights Competition 2007

Rules

1. For Entry Categories - see entry form
2. Only one category may be entered per household
3. Definitions:
       - "Flashing Lights" - are those in which the display is interrupted for a period greater than
         0.5 seconds in any one minute period
       - "Non Flashing Lights" - are those which do not flash
       - Any other lights are probably broken
4. Where a display comprises both flashing and non-flashing light sets, it is almost certainly excessively ostentatious - however for the purposes of the competition it will be deemed to be  a "Flashing" display.
5. Additional marks will be awarded for:
   1. Understated elegance
   2. "Green" displays (low electricity consumption)
   3. Accompanying the entry form with a suitable festive donation
   4. Being the Adjudicator 
6. No competitor is permitted to have a better display than the Chief Adjudicator
7. The Adjudicators decision is final
8. The Adjudicator has the right to change the rules as and when he sees fit
9. There is no regional dimension to this year's competition. Competitors who attempt to introduce a regional dimension will be summarily disqualified.