Every year, my family tries to do something special with out Christmas lights. We'll usually go to Target, Costco, WalMart, and other Christmas specialty popup stores to find the most innovative lighting and lawn sculptures that can make our house the most unique Christmas display in our subdivision. In recent years, I felt like my father had been 'falling off his game.' I took matters into my own hands.

I turned our house into a magical dubstep Christmas light show, to the tune of "First Of The Year (Equinox)" by Skrillex. At first, my parents wondered if we could use a different song, like something off Michael Buble's Christmas album. Then I told him, 'It's what the kids are listening to, dad. It's the dubsteps.'

For the first time in the past 10 years, I felt like I had a reason to be 33 years old and still live at home with my parents. There was a reason that I went to a local 2-year Technical College. This was my time to shine. My time to show my father that I could turn our house into a magical Christmas light show, pushing the boundaries of what Christmas lights could be, without betraying the classic xmas light aesthetic.

I'll never forget the look on my father's face as every movement of lights perfectly matched every womp-womp, wah-wah, and bass drop. Despite complaints from our neighbors for having the song on repeat for every minute of darkness, there was no denying the beauty of our house. Our house lit up the streets, like the Daft Punk pyramid in the center of Coachella. We sipped hot cocoa and basked in the glow of our dubsteppy house.

For the first time in my life, my dad put his hand on my shoulder. I had never felt physical affection from him. He told me, "Son, I'm proud of you. For Christmas, I got us two tickets to go see Skrillex. You and your old man, enjoying the music that brought us together."

Even my little sister got caught up in the spirit of Christmas, but more importantly, the spirit of Dubstep.

'Every time a dubstep mp3 streams, an angel gets his wings.'

Skrillex

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