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For Mark and April Blethen of Plainville, the holiday season starts in October as they map out where to position thousands of decorations and giant inflatables across their yard, and peaks this month as lines of families walk through their fanciful display. “When you’re out there setting it all up, it’s not the easiest thing, especially when the weather isn’t good,” Mark Blethen said this week. ...

December in central and northern Connecticut brings a collection of exuberantly decorated houses with spectacular holiday light displays, and a few of this year’s offerings are spots in Plainville, Windsor, Bristol, Glastonbury and Stafford.

A few spots in Plainville and Bristol offer wildly over-the-top holiday light displays – sometimes synced to music – that often can be seen blocks away.