As December nears, demand grows for Christmas light installations across Georgia

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Christmas displays are up in neighborhoods and businesses in Georgia as December approaches, and if you haven’t scheduled an installation, you might be stuck doing the work yourself.Across the CSRA, you see the signs at street corners advertising people who’ll hang you lights for you. People are offering the service across the region Cody Sullivan, owner of Dow Services LLC in metro Atlanta, said calls started coming in during September, and ramped up this week.“November 10th, I started getting a huge influx of calls,” Sullivan said.Sullivan said he has worked 26 straight days and is working about 12 hours a day installing lights on homes.“November has pretty much become a Christmas month,” Sullivan said.Many jobs involve installing lights on steep roofs common in newer homes.“I guess one pro for me is, people can’t get on their roofs and do Christmas lights anymore,” Sullivan said.But the steeper roofs make the job more dangerous.“Everything is slow. Everything is inten