User:Marquisite

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Marquisite
Name	Ryan Lissner
Gender	Male
Location	Salisbury East, South Australia
Marital status	Single
High school	Tyndale Christian School
Religion	Christian

Ryan Lissner

Ryan Lissner (born October 17, 1989 in Elizabeth Vale, South Australia) is said to be the next Len Doof (who is renowned for bringing the Christmas lights trend to Adelaide since the 1980's). From the age of 10, he has been fascinated with building and operating a Christmas lights display. Ryan is also known for his hypnosis weightloss method which aired on Today Tonight several times in 2005/2006. With the help of hypnotist Graham Quinton and his grandpa Terry Lissner, Ryan has achieved his weightloss goals.

1 Private life
2 Ryans's Christmas Lights
3 Quick Facts
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Private life

Ryan grew up in Salisbury East with his Great Grandma Beryl Hueppauff (now deceased) during his infanthood and later moved to live with his Grandparents Terry and Leonie Lissner in 1994. He went to Manor Farm Kindergarten for the first year and a half prior to beginning junior school.

Ryan completed his South Australian Certificate of Education at Tyndale Christian School located in Salisbury East at the end of 2007. In the year 2006, he was recognised to have outstanding typing skills and was presented with the 2006 typing award for the area.

Ryan is now enrolled in TAFE SA to further his knowledge of computers before entering the competitive workforce.

[edit] Ryans's Christmas Lights

Ryan's Christmas Lights 2006

Ryans Christmas Lights has been an annual tradition since 1999, however in recent years has become a year-long project. Like any major Christmas display, it consumes lots of time, effort, and money. Each year the display has become more popular among local residents, although in 2006, the display was titled South Australia's number one display for the year by Network Seven Adelaide. Below is a quick facts table containing information from several years ago to now:

Year	Light Count	AU$ Spent	PC Channels	Events
<2003	320	$150	-	-
2004	1500	$250	-	Santa Appearances
2005	3200	$1070	7	Newspaper & Television Sighting Computerisation Started
2006	6700	>$900	14	Television Sighting Rated #1 In State Vandals Attack
2007	20,000	$2100	56	LED MegaTree (1500 Lights)
2008	25,000	$2400	64	Changing over to LightORama

Ryan treats his display as the most important hobby in his life, going as far as trying to connect local displays on Emerald Street together with the introduction of 'Light Up Emerald'. Two winners were picked from this competition - one as the best display chosen by a young child and another at random - each receiving a framed certificate and set of Christmas lights.