In this 2020 MrBeast video, Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) purchases roughly 1.7 million Christmas lights, hundreds of inflatable decorations, and three houses. He divides his crew—Karl Jacobs, Chris Tyson, Tyler, Chandler Hallow, and others—into teams, each tasked with decorating a different house. The competition runs for several hours, featuring sabotage, strategic lighting choices, and frantic teamwork. Four judges (MatPat, Quackity, a randomly‑selected subscriber named Damaris, and MrBeast himself) score each house on a 1‑10 scale; a fifth fan judge breaks a tie. After the judges’ scores are revealed, MrBeast announces a twist: the three houses shown earlier were not the real prizes. Instead, a separate $300,000 house is awarded to the teenage contestant Sean, who wins the grand prize. The video blends high‑energy challenges, click‑bait framing, and a surprise giveaway, typical of MrBeast’s production style.
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I bought over 1 million Christmas lights. And not only did I buy all these Christmas lights, but I also bought these 3 houses. Sean, you decorate this house. Cassidy, this is your house. And this is Sarah's house. Whoever's house looks the best will keep it.
We can do this.
All right, it starts now.
I want this one.
I picked it out.
Why would you steal my light?
There's literally like 2 million. Are you good?
No, no, no, don't do that. Don't.
We're going to go with a MrBeast-themed house. We're going to manipulate Jimmy to vote for us, pretty much.
We're not going to win if I'm putting down lights. Okay, I'll point and tell you what to do. This is my house. You want to win it?
Why are these so tangled?
I don't know.
Why'd you grab the tangled one?
I don't know.
There's a million lights over there and you grab these of all.
There's actually 2 million. You're right.
I have a confession. So 1 million looks better in the title, but there's actually like 1.7 million lights over there.
He clickbaited.
I have a million, but it's 1.7 million.
Yeah.
Clickbaiting would've been 2 million.
So that reverses everything.
So the challenge is officially underway, Sean. And if this house looks the best, it's yours. You literally have a house. How old are you?
18.
It's crazy how they put so many lights on their houses and they've barely made a dent in this pile. Chris's house is looking really nice. Chris, you're doing a good job. You sure about that? Karl, you're doing a good job.
Thank you.
Chandler's house, on the other hand, is—
Is what?
Whoever's house looks the best keeps the house.
I know.
We'll just move on.
Meeting!
Hey, you guys are probably wondering, how are we going to determine which house looks the best? Well, here's how. We have 4 judges, and tomorrow morning they're going to rate each of your houses. Our first judge is MatPat, the host of Game Theory, this channel, this channel, this channel, and all these other channels. Our second judge is Quackity. Come on up here.
I'm taking bribes.
And our third judge is Damaris. She is a random subscriber that we randomly picked. The fourth judge is probably the smartest human being on the planet. He's probably really great at everything. Yeah, our fourth judge is me. Hey, everybody. We're going to rate your houses on a scale of 1 to 10. Whoever has whoever gets the most points after all 4 of us judge their house wins the house. Let's go.
All right.
All right, you're wasting time. Get back to decorating.
Ah!
I got some pliers here.
Shears, to be specific.
I have some shears here. Chandler, you can clip one string of lights.
Yeah!
Oh, no, it got the bush.
It got all the bushes.
Yes!
You get to cut one cord on Chandler's house.
Be nice.
I'm in last.
If you cut one of the ones dangling.
Oh my goodness, no. Wait, that's Chris's favorite. Oh, before you do it, I want you to look Cassie in the face.
Oh, it did all of them. It did all of them. Yes.
Karl, you better destroy him.
Chris, this is the only strand of lights that leads to the top of your house. If he cuts this, does he cut everything?
Please don't cut that one.
Did it cut off the roof? No, that light does nothing.
I only lost a bush.
So hey, we're chilling.
Actually, you lost 3 bushes.
I'd say our only competitor is Karl right now. And this is war. We're taking him down.
It's funny how Chandler's pissed off, but he's taking it out on his own house. He's mad that he's falling behind and setting himself more behind.
This is pointless.
Why is this here?
This stupid fluff doesn't mean anything.
Letters to Santa.
Guess what?
They're empty. Is that a tree? Did he just—
he just tackled a tree.
These are our trees, Karl! Technically, that's sabotage, but it's fun.
Funny, so I'll let it slide.
All right, we're clearly behind. I need to call everyone I know. We are going to win this. Let's do it.
Hello, help.
5 minutes later.
I'm glad y'all are here because we're exhausted.
I was home snoozing in the bed counting sheep. Look, we got to make a comeback.
The Halos are here.
We win! Win! Let's get it!
Win!
Yeah!
All right, let's get it!
I'm really exhausted. I think my family's got it down. I'm gonna go sleep, take a nap, and then be back before the, you know, before it's over. Good night.
So Chandler just went to bed.
What?
And he said— he said you're taking over the leadership.
I can't even believe that boy lasted this long to start with.
You guys have been doing a good job. The pile is starting to deplete. As you guys know, I bought over 1 million Christmas lights. But that's not all I bought. I also bought hundreds of inflatable decorations, and you guys can use them.
Wait.
Now?
Yeah, go for it.
Hey, come on.
Snowman's mine.
He's mine.
What are you doing? You're gonna take them off?
Go! John, you—
Oh my God, it's so hard.
I got chills, and it's not just because it's 38 degrees outside. It's because there are 10 minutes left!
Guys, guys, we have less than 10 minutes!
Come on!
Judges, are you ready?
I was born ready.
Do it!
Do it!
Yeah! Let's go!
That's it.
That's it.
We're going to be judging the houses one at a time, starting with Chris's house. So if you're not on Chris's team, leave. Like I said before, we have cards ranging from 1 to 10. And before we rate Chris's house, we need to do a tour of it. Chris, you have 5 minutes to show us anything and everything about your house. Judges, give him your undivided attention.
So the theme is actually MrBeast videos.
OK.
So the first one, we have a lot of snow, a lot of ice from I Spent 24 Hours in an Ice Block. Do you recognize this thumbnail?
Deserted island. Yes. See, that's the palm trees. That's pretty creative.
Let's see if you guys can guess what MrBeast video this is.
Oh, I know this one. Adopting all the dogs in a dog shelter.
Yes.
Look at these cute little dogs. They're all hanging out.
See, that's actually pretty creative.
For the final video, we have Team Trees, one of the best videos of all time, one of my personal favorites.
This laptop's hooked up to a drone. What did you want to show us?
If you guys see that, it says sub to Quackity and MatPat.
Let's go! Let's go!
Did it say sub to MrBeast too?
Well, so—
I know what I need to know. Time is up. Judges, select your score and put it face down.
My sister needs this house so bad, guys.
Please. Let's start with MatPat. What are you rating their house out of 10?
I'm giving it a 10.
Oh, yes, yes! A 10!
I am rating it a 9.
Yay! Oh my gosh!
A 9.
I'm giving them a 10.
Yes! Yes!
Obviously it was creative. I didn't know if it was a 10. There were little things here and there. My score was, don't hate me, I love you, it's nothing personal, an 8 out of 10. That's not bad. That's pretty good. I don't know why you hate me, but that's not that bad. If neither of them score a 37 or higher, you win your $300,000 house. Head on over to the dungeon. I'll let you know what they score.
All right.
Great job. Up next is the Hallow family. Let's go on a tour.
We welcome Santa every year with his favorite saying, ho, ho, ho. We have snow at the North Pole.
That's good. Yes.
Right up there, that's the landing strip where Santa likes to land and take off to bring gifts.
Chandler, what does this say back here? It spells out beast.
Ooh.
Why don't you start off with this? Well, it's the back. We're starting off with MatPat. What do you rate their house out of 10?
An 8 out of 10.
Solid.
My score is another solid 8.
Okay, okay.
I am going to give you guys a lucky number 7. Please don't hate me.
I'm also gonna rate it a 7. There are some, you know, things here or there that could be better. Scored a 30 out of 40. I can't tell you what Chris scored. Now we're going to judge Karl's house.
So you had over a million lights. We had probably half of that in the front lawn. I don't think it's a contest on who has the most lights.
Agreed.
You guys really put lights everywhere. I will admit I like what they did with the lights here.
This is kind of cool.
Party!
This is legit.
What if I were to tell you there's an entire backyard?
What is this?
Oh my god! What is this? Oh my god!
Look at the blue around our bedroom.
Oh my god! What is this? That's the YouTube button.
It's the YouTube sub button.
MatPat, start us off.
I gotta say, this was a really solid house, guys. Only thing that was missing was a theme. And for that, I give you a 9. Oh, very solid. My score for you guys is also a solid 9.
I gave you guys a 10.
Oh! Yes!
Yes!
I give it a 9, which means you guys have the exact same score Chris has. What is up with you people? Now people think our videos are rigged.
Why would you do this?
I'm sending Tyler to get a 5th judge, one of the fans over there watching. They're gonna decide which house wins. A few moments later. The tie is between that house and that house. So what I want you to do is I want you to take a quick lap around that house and that house and form an opinion on which one you like better.
I'm so nervous 'cause our whole thing is the theme and she's not gonna understand it properly.
That's the reason it tied in the first place is 'cause you didn't think I had a theme.
Ashley doesn't know whose house is whose, so she's not being biased. So purely based on the lights on the houses, which one did you think What's decorated the best?
I'm going with this one.
Oh my God, dude, we didn't stop working all night and it paid off.
I can't believe it. Holy cow, 12 straight hours of hard labor. Sean's literally a high schooler with a house now. Holy cow, congrats, dude.
Now I know you two must be very sad, but as you remember, there was a car in your driveway. Let's walk over to it. May not have won this house, but the runner-up prize is the car in the driveway. I know it's a car and it's really awesome, but compared to a house, it still hurts. I have a confession to make. You didn't actually win this house.
What?
What did we win?
Now I know I said at the start of the video that I bought these 3 houses, and that was a lie, but I did buy a $300,000 house down the road, and here's me giving it to Sean. I can't wait to see Sean's reaction. Come on in. To your brand new home.
Oh my God.
As I said before, this house cost over $300,000 and it is all yours.
