Alek Komarnitsky from Boulder, Colorado has just been named the winner of the 2008 Kentucky Fried Chicken Original Holiday Traditions contest.  America voted his Christmas Light spectacle the most original.  The prize: $1,000 cash and KFC for a whole year!  While Alek said he is tempted to use the $1,000 grand prize to buy even more Christmas Lights, he asked KFC to donate the cash prize directly to the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland, which they have done, so THANK YOU, Alek!! This wonderful surprise brings the total amount raised through donations from the Christmas Lights website to over $35,000, all of which goes towards helping to find a cure for celiac disease at the CFCR. 

Alek says he looks forward to a year of free KFC including many Two Originals Meals and (his favorite) numerous Buckets of Extra Crispy Chicken!

The Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease are an annual tradition on the Internet as over the years, millions of people worldwide (148 countries so far in 2008) have viewed the 20,000+ Christmas lights via three live webcams on the totally free, fun, and zany www.komar.org website.  Check it out!