NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS — Brian Scott didn't think he'd be creating a Christmas House (Taylor's Version) for a third year.
After all, the dad and small business owner had already devoted two straight holiday seasons — and hundreds of hours — to transforming his suburban home into a full-blown Taylor Swift spectacle.
But on Nov. 28, as he fielded an order for 9,000 Christmas cards for his printing business, Scott and his wife, Amy, found themselves right back where they swore they wouldn't be: scrambling to finish another spectacular Swift-inspired display before the neighborhood trolley tour arrived at sundown.
For the Scotts, now legends in Chicago's western suburbs, the Christmas chaos has practically become tradition. What started in 2023 as a whimsical idea after Amy Scott saw the Eras Tour movie has evolved into an annual, all-hands-on-deck project involving Brian, Amy and their daughters, Becca and Emily.
"End of an era, that's what we're calling it," Brian joked as he aligned six boxes stacked like a pyramid with scenes from Swift's music video "The Fate of Ophelia."
