{"id":95972,"date":"2026-01-10T19:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95972\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:54:35","slug":"this-south-shore-house-is-the-first-ever-winner-of-holiday-decorating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95972\/","title":{"rendered":"This South Shore house is the first-ever winner of holiday decorating contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 On Monday, Jan. 5, Councilmember Frank Morano announced the winner of the inaugural 2025 South Shore Best Decorated House Contest, a new holiday initiative created to recognize the effort residents put into making the holiday season jolly on Staten Island\u2019s South Shore.<\/p>\n

Staten Island native Rosario Macri was crowned the winner of the contest for the elaborate holiday display at his parents\u2019 home on Hecker Street in Tottenville. <\/p>\n

The first South Shore Best Decorated House contest invited residents across the district to vote on which home they felt displayed standout holiday decorations. <\/p>\n

Morano said the response was \u201coverwhelming,\u201d with neighbors submitting nominations for displays that helped brighten the festive season. He also thanked residents for participating and helping spread holiday cheer across the Island. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis contest was created to recognize the incredible effort families put into making the holiday season special, not just for themselves, but for their neighbors and everyone who drives down these streets,\u201d Morano said. <\/p>\n

Covered in bright lights, festive tree garlands, life-size nutcrackers, Santa figures and oversized red bow wreaths, the Macri family home on Hecker Street stood out as a festive spectacle for the holidays.<\/p>\n

\"FestiveIt\u2019s Buon Natale at 280 Hecker St. in Tottenville.Owen Reiter<\/p>\n

Although he no longer lives there, Rosario Macri returns year after year to decorate his parents\u2019 home, spending two to three days setting up and adding new touches to keep the display grand while continuing holiday traditions inside and out.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since I was a kid I had a strong connection to Christmas,\u201d he said. \u201cChristmas holds my heart like no other season \u2013 timeless, magical, and full of love. Decorating brings so much enjoyment not only to my family and I but all of the cars and people we see coming by each night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AnotherRosario Macri’s festive display featuring lights, nutcrackers and Santa figures at his parents’ Tottenville home won the inaugural South Shore Best Decorated House competition.Owen Reiter<\/p>\n

Morano formally presented the South Shore Best Decorated House award to Macri at his parents\u2019 home, recognizing it as the winner of the inaugural 2025 contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were so many festive displays that it made it difficult to choose just one winner,\u201d Morano noted. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to build on this success and make the contest even bigger next year.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 On Monday, Jan. 5, Councilmember Frank Morano announced the winner of the inaugural 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-95972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}