It's as if all of Disneyland has landed in Noble Ing's Pauoa front yard. But he points past Tinkerbell and the snowmen, beyond the red-striped North Pole topped with a mirrored disco ball, to a tree laden with fruit.

He says the jabong are even bigger than they usually get. "People ask if it's the water or the fertilizer. I don't think so. I think it's from all the good wishes, the blessings from all the people."

For more than 50 years, Ing's home at 2331 Booth Road has been a happy Christmas tradition in Honolulu. He started in 1957 with a simple yard display of two wooden angels. Every year, he added something new and picked a new theme for the elaborate tableau. He had a Christmas Fairyland Castle at one point, and a snowy village lived for a time on his roof.

"My daughter is an artist. She can draw everything. So she does the designs and I cut them out. It's all handmade, every creature."

Ing turned 94 last month. His wife has been after him to knock it off already, but he just can't make himself stop.

"I say I have to keep on going. People want that. And I enjoy it."

About 10 years ago, he went up on the ladder to do some adjusting to his display while the rest of the family was at a Christmas party. He fell and broke both his wrists. True to his devotion to Christmas, he got a red cast on one arm and a green cast on the other. He also got a scolding from his wife, who told him, "No more!" But he figured out a loophole in her law by recruiting his sons Darryl and Darwin to do all the ladder-climbing, light-stringing and staple-gunning.

"Now I just supervise," he says.

There are recurring features, like a wishing well Ing built by hand where he collects donations to give to local charities. He has played "Where's Waldo?" since back when Waldo was first popular. Waldo hides in a new spot every year. Ing's son Darwin says his father is so happy when he has people staring at his house or little kids tromping around his displays. "That's why he does it. He loves that."

Like the hearty jabong tree, Ing feels blessed by the people who come to visit his decorations. "People ask me all the time what the secret to longevity is. Whether it's what you eat or whatever. I say, gee, I don't know what the secret is, but this," he says gesturing to the reindeer and the Ninja Turtles and the wishing well, "your relationships with human beings, I think that's the answer."