Kansas City Country Club Plaza lights important tradition [Video]

What started as a single strand of lights strung over the doorway of the Mill Creek Building in 1925 has become one of the richest holiday traditions in Kansas City. It’s one of the most spectacular holiday lighting displays in the nation.Lights have been illuminating Kansas City’s iconic Country Club Plaza for 95 years.”I love it,” said Matt Deardorff, the Plaza Lights Project Manager. “Sometimes it’s kind of surreal, you know. Sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m actually in charge of the lights.'”Deardorff is the man behind it all. “It’s definitely not just another job,” he said. It’s a labor of love that actually begins in the hot summer months.”I normally start hanging them about, the end of August, and it really takes up until Thanksgiving to get them all hung.”It’s a big operation executed by a very small crew. Deardorff says most people are surprised to learn it’s just three …