Oz home truly sparkles to reclaim world record

An Australian family has reclaimed their Guinness World Record by stringing up more than half a million Christmas lights around their suburban home.

Guinness World Records official Chris Sheedy confirmed that the Richards family of Canberra set the record for Christmas lights on a residential property with 502,165 twinkling bulbs.

The family first entered the famous record book in 2001 with 331,038 multi-coloured lights. But they were trumped last year by a family in LaGrangeville, New York, who illuminated their home with 346,283 lights.