Alex Crabinsky - Holiday Lighting Editor

Alex Crabinsky edits the guides, troubleshooting pages, and buying guides at Christmas Lights North Atlanta, a holiday lighting installer based in Cumming that has hung lights on more than 7,500 homes and storefronts across metro Atlanta since 2018.

The material comes from the crews. Between late October and January he works alongside the installers on route days, from Alpharetta and Woodstock down to Buckhead and Peachtree City, and keeps notes on what happens on a roofline: how a clip holds a shingle edge, why a GFCI outlet trips before a strand fails, how much light a 24-inch oak swallows, which retail sets quit in the third week of December. Those notes become the articles.

He writes about four things. How a professional installation is done, from the measured roofline to the timer set before the truck leaves. How to plan a display, including when to book and what a design consult decides. How to troubleshoot a display that has gone dark, half-lit, or off its schedule. And what to buy for a house you light yourself, judged by what the crews use and what they refuse to hang.

Nothing he publishes quotes a price for the company’s work. Every home is quoted on its own, from roofline footage, height and roof access, trees to wrap, design density, and specialty elements, and the only way to get that number is to call or text (470) 777-7443 or send photos through the contact form. Every article is checked against what the crews do in the field before it goes live.