TAMA -- Frosty is a snowman. He's also a punk rocker, a pirate, a football player and more.

The fabled iceman and all his incarnations are displayed in multicolored Christmas lights along with more than 60 other figures at the Outback Campground and Resort. They are all part of the campground's Winter Wonderland, a light display available until Jan. 3.

"We have everything," owner Luke Squiers said.

Squiers spent three weeks and $50,000 on the project, which covers his 40-acre property outside Tama. Aside from Frosty, there's the trail of fairy tales, replete with fleeing spoons, cows and moons. There are also angels, harps and an 25-by-80-foot "Peace" display.

"It's huge," Squiers said.

The effort isn't just for the pleasure of seeing a few twinkling lights. Proceeds from Wonderland help pay medical expenses for Grant Lyon, the son of a family friend born 14 weeks premature.

Squiers contacted Josh Lyon, the boy's father, about two weeks after Grant was born and asked if the family would like some help.

Lyon said he was "very surprised and very humbled" that Squiers wanted to set up the light display with that in mind.

Since Grant's arrival Nov. 8, the family has accrued some large bills. He came in at 2 pounds, 2 ounces, though nothing indicated a premature birth, Lyon said.

"Doctors still don't know why it happened," he said. "It's just one of those things that you can't explain. Luckily everyone is doing fine … "

Grant is up to 3 pounds and hasn't experienced any major problems, though he is still at the neonatal intensive care unit at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Lyon said the doctors think he'll have to stay until his original due date, Feb. 13.

Squiers said he was hoping to help the community during the holidays.

"It's the spirit of giving," he said.

The fact Squiers was willing didn't surprise many people.

"Luke is a go-getter with all of that," said the Rev. Paul Rendall at Reformed Baptist, Squiers' church in Tama.

Several other members of the church helped Squiers put up the lights. The process was somewhat frustrating because only a small window of time existed in the evenings when enough light was available to see the wires they were working with and the lights twinkle and shine.

"It was a challenge, I'll tell you that," said Brian Squiers, Luke's father.

Brian Squiers spent about 10 days working on the set up. It was hard to visualize the entire arrangement at first when the lights were in a pile, he said, but with time, they came to life.

Some of the more difficult parts were figuring out how to run all the electrical cord and set timers so -- for example -- a figure looks like he is shooting a can off a roof.

The display finally opened Nov. 27. Squiers only runs the display Thursday and Friday, in part because of the cost. The largest display -- that big "Peace" -- uses 80 amps of electricity. A very large camper, by comparison, uses 50 to run its appliances.

His electrical bill could approach $5,000 when it's all said and done, Squiers said.

The display has been a pretty good draw so far. One weekend Squiers said 150 cars pulled through the campground. The trip takes about 18 minutes, start to finish. Cost is $12 per vehicle but visitors save $2 if they donate nonperishable food items.

Winter Wonderland is three miles west of Tama off U.S. Highway 30.

"Everyone loves lights. They come from miles around to look at lights, especially around Christmas time," Squiers said.

Contact Josh Nelson at (319) 291-1565 or josh.nelson@wcfcourier.com.