Sammy Pratt (left) and Kyle Pratt, the creators of Christmas Forever in Scottsdale. | Jim Louvau
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represented Lee Sepanek in “saving Christmas.”)
By Benjamin Leatherman | Phoenix New Times
For Kyle and Sammy Pratt, decorating their house for the holidays isn’t simply a matter of retrieving a box of lights from storage sometime after Thanksgiving. It’s an almost year-long obsession that starts in March, long after most people have stashed away their wreaths and ornaments and artificial trees.
“We spend an absolutely crazy amount of time planning,” Kyle says. “That’s what we focus on, 24/7, for months: how to up the ante and do things no one else is doing.”
Christmas Forever, the brothers’ over-the-top annual holiday display at their north Scottsdale home, is one of the Valley’s most popular yuletide destinations, attracting thousands every November and December. The Pratt boys — Kyle is 25, Sammy is 22 — started doing Christmas Forever five years ago, and they consistently crank things up to 11. Picture a sprawling gingerbread house perched on a field of white lights, with showstopping effects like CO2 cannons, fireworks, and flame jets.
