Minnesota family's Christmas light show pays tribute to Prince

CHASKA, Minn., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Minnesota family is paying tribute to late superstar Prince with a Christmas light show featuring 10,000 purple bulbs and the song "Purple Rain."

Mike Staudt and his family said they decided to create a tribute to the Purple One for the intermission of their annual "Lights on Pascolo" light display in the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska.

A video of the intermission, which plays in between holiday hits synchronized with the family's Christmas lights, was posted to YouTube.

"We've always been casual Prince fans, but his passing really hit us," Staudt told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "We regretted not taking advantage of having such an iconic star so close to us and never attended any of the shows or concerts at Paisley."

"Prince's passing meant so much to our community that we decided to do a short dedication during the intermission of our Christmas light show to honor him," he said. "We've received compliments on this part of our show and a few people have even mention it made them teary-eyed."