William's Holiday Inflatable Channel

William Michael Meredith (born: ), is an American YouTuber. He is well known for his YouTube channel William's Holiday Inflatable Channel and making videos of Gemmy Airblown Inflatables.
==History==
William made his first appearance on YouTube on December 19, 2014 on the video "Holiday Rap Battles" which features him singing Christmas rap songs with his classmates at a holiday showcase. After being featured in a few other YouTube videos in 2015, William grew interested in making videos of his Airblown Inflatables and created his YouTube channel on December 26, 2016, but didn't upload any videos until February 25, 2017 about his 2015 Halloween display. Frequent collaborations with other inflatable channels like Josh the Inflatable & Tractor Guy, Holiday Inflatable Fanatic, Decoration Dude, Gemmy Guy, and INFLA led him to gain more views and subscribers. The channel hit 100 subscribers in May 2017 and 1,000 subscribers in July of 2018. As of 2024 the channel has over 4,500 subscribers and over 1,300,000 channel views. Over the years his displays have gone through many different line up changes. In January 2024 William announced that he would be retiring from his channel for personal reasons.
==Personal Life==
===Childhood and YouTube===
William Michael Meredith was born on January 14, 2002. He lives in Texas. In July 2007 at the age of 5 years William's parents bought him his first Inflatable. He continues to collect Inflatables to this day. In December of 2014 William made his debut appearance on YouTube being featured in the video "Holiday Rappers". After many collaborations on other videos in 2015, William launched his YouTube channel on December 26, 2016 and posted his first video on February 25, 2017. In May 2017 William's Channel hit 100 subscribers. In July 2018 channel hit 1,000 subscribers. William graduated from high school on May 29, 2020 and went to college shortly afterwards . In 2021 he had his largest Halloween and Christmas Displays before he moved to a different house with a smaller lawn in 2022. In 2023 he decided to go with a 2012 retro style Halloween and Christmas display with inflatables from 2012 or before. William graduated from Collin County Community College on December 8, 2023 with an Associate of Liberal Arts degree. He currently attends the University of North Texas at Frisco.
==YouTube Career==
===Friendships with other Users===
William has been friends with many Inflatable Channel users like, Jacksons Inflatable Channel, Decoration Dude, and Josh The Inflatable & Tractor Guy for a long time. He has been receiving a lot of shout outs from these users and many other people. In November 2017 William started hosting group YouTube Channels with his YouTube friends, such as Josh The Inflatable And Tractor Guy, Brandon Rice, and Awesome Guy Inflatable Channel until 2019. 
==2017-2021: Big Display years==
Shortly after starting YouTube William began to collect more inflatables than before. The first big Halloween and Christmas displays were held in October and December of 2017. The Displays continued to grow with the Halloween, Christmas, and Fourth of July gaining a large number of classic and newer inflatables through the years from 2018-2021. However this added pressure to William causing him more added work and taking up more space in his lawn. So in late December of 2021 shortly after his Christmas display he publicly announced that he would be moving to a different house with a slightly smaller lawn in 2022. The 2021 Official Halloween and Christmas videos are his most viewed display as of 2024.
== 2022-2023: Life Sizes and Retro Display ==
In March 2022 William moved to a smaller house, but continued to purchase inflatables and that year he began to purchase animated life size props made by the company Magic Power with the first being Face Changer, Face Ripper, and the Gargoyle through the months. It was also that year that William started to convert the lights in his inflatables from incandescent to LED and purchase older Gemmy inflatables and fewer ones from recent years. In April 2023 he received his first ever Gemmy life size, being the 2007 Posable Reaper. The Halloween and Christmas displays for the 2023 season were done in a 2012 retro style video with inflatables made from 2012 and before that.
== 2024: Final year of YouTube ==
On January 10, 2024 William released a video called "I'm calling it Quits after this year", and explained that 2024 would be his final year for his channel. He explained that he would be retiring for reasons such as wanting to focus more on future life, feeling like the channel had gone as far as it could go, and for budget reasons. His YouTube friends were very shocked to hear the news of William leaving the platform. They ask William to stay in touch with them and keep his inflatables with him. His final inflatable purchases were made during the early months of that same year. The final Halloween reviews were published from April to August and the Christmas reviews were published in October and November. 
==Quotes==
*Hey guys, William here.
*Welcome back to another unboxing.
*Welcome back to another review.
*Anyway, remember to like this video and subscribe, anyway see ya!
== Trivia==
* He had started collecting inflatables in 2007 when he was just 5 years old.
*He started his channel in December 2016, but the first video wasn't published until February 2017.
*His high school graduating class graduated in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
*He stopped buying DC fan inflatables after 2021 and has only resorted to fans with standard bases.
*2022 was the final year that William's inflatables had incandescent lights before he converted all of them to LED lights the next year.
*2023 was the only year he used only older inflatables for his Halloween and Christmas seasons.
==Subscriber milestones==
 
*100 subscribers: May 31, 2017
*500 subscribes: August 12, 2017
*1,000 subscribers: July 18, 2018
*1,500 subscribers: June 1, 2020
*2,000 subscribers: April 29, 2021
* 2,500 subscribers: August 2, 2021
*3,000 subscribers: September 1, 2021
*3,500 subscribers: September 14, 2021
*4,000 subscribers: September 21, 2021
*4,500 subscribers: August 4, 2024
==Gallery==
File:Williamselfie23.jpg
File:18739768 1348415468545026 345204287082556089 n.jpg|2015 Halloween Display
File:WilliamChristmasDisplay.jpg|2016 Christmas Display
File:25994974 1534138459972725 5871393730143758628 n.jpg|2017 Halloween Display
File:26000945 1532706983449206 7572327868310952610 n.jpg|2017 Christmas Display
File:45011627 1884578324928735 2277627784203337728 n.jpg|2018 Halloween Display
File:William 2018 Christmas Display.jpg|2018 Christmas Display
File:72629985 2441695052550390 7602351873542062080 n.jpg|2019 Halloween Display
File:79522628 2561708433882384 4146890902536716288 n.jpg|2019 Christmas Display
File:123493907 3363912850328601 2276475074765434689 n.jpg|2020 Halloween Display
File:212356895 4041830519203494 5695025965917414059 n.jpg|2021 4th of July Display
File:251729269 4402682659784943 6676563968191267531 n.jpg|2021 Halloween Display
File:263420312 4503009219752286 2277685851454613871 n.jpg|2021 Christmas Display
File:313219743 5509897089063489 6133823474797789129 n.jpg|2022 Halloween Display
File:314996310 552965786651474 6631653169233685197 n.jpg|2022 Christmas Display
File:HALLOWEEN23.png|2023/2012 Retro Halloween Display
File:CHRISTMAS23.jpg|2023/2012 Retro Christmas Display
File:416095196 852960173506025 2435842602429488221 n.jpg|The channels current logo (as of 2024)
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