Bill Gilfillen and his wife, Elaine, have drawn visitors from all over the world for their popular holiday display, which lights up on Thanksgiving at 5 p.m.
There are some things San Diegans have come to count on each Thanksgiving day. Warm weather, a family dinner, Black Friday ads and the return of Christmas on Knob Hill.
A retired Navy flight engineer, Gilfillen spends 11 months of every year planning and prepping for Christmas on Knob Hill. Now that he has some help with decorations, Gilfillen said he doesn’t see himself ever retiring from the job because he’s honored to serve as “Mr. Christmas,” a nickname the community bestowed on him many years ago.
Christmas lights hold special meaning for Gilfillen, whose Grove City, Ohio, family was so poor in the early 1940s that he and his siblings spent several years in a church-run orphanage because their mother couldn’t afford to care for them. Walking through the snow to admire the holiday décor was the one present the Gilfillen siblings could give themselves.
While San Diego has dozens of elaborate holiday light displays featuring digital LED lights and projections synced to holiday music, Christmas on Knob Hill is a more traditional, old-school display.
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