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"  It&amp;#039;s December, which means that fathers all over the world are trudging up ladders clutching a cornucopia of Christmas garlands, hoping to win the coveted title of most decorated house on the block. For one dad in Canberra, Australia, the best house on the block wasn&amp;#039;t enough. He set out to conquer the world. Lawyer David Richards already owns the Guinness World Record for Christmas lights; he won it last year when he blanketed his home with 502,165 bulbs. But he vowed not to decorate the house again because the droves of onlookers and tourists made it nearly impossible to get around his neighborhood. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t do it again to my neighbors or my family,&amp;quot; Richards told the Associated Press. This year, he moved on to an even bigger project: a large shopping mall in the city center. There, he fashioned 1.2 million bulbs into the shape of three gifts, in what Guinness World Records has confirmed is the largest LED display in the world. If laid down on the ground, the lights would stretch on for a jaw-dropping 75 miles. For Richards, the decorations are about much more than a bunch of twinkling lights. While the light show is free to the public, it seeks to raise money through donations for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and Kids ACT charities\u2014Richards lost a baby boy to SIDS in 2002. Last year, Richards managed to raise more than $140,000 for the SIDS support center. This year, he hopes that a bigger light display (which was set up by an army of local volunteers) will encourage an even bigger act of giving. &amp;quot;Christmas lights [are] a family activity. It brings the community together,&amp;quot; Richards said at the ceremony. &amp;quot;Everybody&amp;#039;s happy, everybody smiles, and that&amp;#039;s why we do Christmas lights.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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