Those featured in this year’s LI Life Holiday Lights section create tradition and joy for other families all over Long Island, including many they will never meet.

And isn’t that what the season is all about?

I spent several days traveling across Nassau and Suffolk counties to find some of the best-decorated homes. Here are 10 of my favorites.

—Vera Chinese, LI Life editor

18 Wichard Blvd., Commack

Family: Joseph Vaccaro and stepson Joseph Barragato

Lights on: Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. Santa will visit Dec. 20, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Lights out: Dec. 27

Love of light: A glittering feast for the eyes is jam-packed with inflatables, blow molds, homemade animatronics and such classic Christmas characters as toy soldiers, the Grin

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