So, what was the result of Patch's nationwide Deck the House contest, the one that earned $100,000 for a local school district based on votes for a decorated holiday house in a Patch neighborhood?

A family in Davis won, and here is a shot of the winning house.

Here is what the district plans to do with the cash.

Check out photos from the check presentation during a halftime of a Davis High basketball game.

Next year, Novato will have to rally behind one local decked-out house and get hundreds of people to vote online every day. Kudos to the effort made by Sylvia Barry to get people to vote for the famed Rombeiro Christmas House this past season.