Holiday Lighting Specialists was founded in 1994 by Neil Martin after his own Christmas Lighted display of Santa in a Sleigh on his Houseboat won first prize in a Christmas July parade.  Neil’s two sons, Eric and Travis got involved in the company startup.  The factory was built in 1996 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma.  Business was so good the factory had to expand three times giving them 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

They made a quality, reliable product that stays lighted season after season.  The frames will last forever, and the LED lights are made to sparkle for 30,000 hours, or about 15 to 20 years. https://youtu.be/q7XaYMZWTfs?si=cLWZhivLog5qP8p9

 By 2008 Neil Martin had retired and Travis Martin left the company.  Eric Martin continued to run the company with a staff of between 11 and 20.  We met Eric at the Atlanta Gift Market in the early 2000s.  Soon after we started purchasing their lighted displays.  Eric did a great job of the photography which we still use today.  In 2011, Eric decided to discontinue manufacturing the lighted displays and after about a year (approximately 2012) the company was sold to Star Illuminations, a custom lighting and decorating company in Vancouver, Canada.

Star Illuminations, changed the name to HolidayLights.com and, offered the line of Christmas Lighted display to Eric’s customers.  To make it easier for the US customers they arranged to ship from just across the US border in Blaine, WA.   HolidayLights.com has continued to offer Eric Martin’s product line until the present day.  Elsa Ward has been our contact there.  Elsa appears to do everything and has been doing a wonderful job for us for the last 10 years or so.

Some of our favorite and most popular items include Santa Sleigh and Reindeer, the Large Nativity Sets and Stars.