Norton Lights began in 2008 out of a friendly, family holiday light display competition. Since then, Stan Norton and his family — wife Melissa, sons Reed and Ryan, and even dogs Peri and Margo — pitch in, along with friends, family members and members of the Wells community, to produce a glittering annual display. 

Norton Lights partnered with Make-A-Wish® Maine in 2009, when Ryan and Reed were nine and 12 years-old. Now adults, being outside on Christmas Eve directing traffic as a family is still a beloved holiday tradition. The goal is simple: spread cheer one light at a time.