Christmas Outdoor Lighting Ideas

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The tradition of lighting homes, public buildings and businesses at Christmas seems to become more popular every year.

There is a huge selection of Christmas outdoor lighting available. Most people seem to choose a selection of Christmas theme figures that are often animated, with a background made of light strands and colorful LED rope light.
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Suggestions to consider with Christmas lighting:

Decorate the background and outline of the building with LED Rope Lights

Select Christmas Yard Art. Popular figures include Santa, Rudolph and the Reindeer, light art in the form of local landmarks.

Animated figures are great fun.

Lawn Decorations of Snowmen and Reindeer are popular.

Use Christmas LED Lights where possible for power efficiency.

LEDs are available in Lights Strings, Rope Lights and LED Garlands come in an assortment of colors, sizes and string lengths.

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Christmas Light Design Tips:

First sketch the outside of your house, indicating its dimensions - height, width and length.

Note the locations of any available power outlets in the sketch.

Decide where you want the lights to go e.g. along the eaves, around windows.

If you want lights on trees and bushes, measure the height of bushes and the height of the sections of any trees you want to light, including each tree branch.

For trees and bushes, a good rule of thumb is to allow about 50 lights per foot of height (double this number if you’re using miniature lights).

In the design, add an extra 25-40 feet to allow for the pitch of the roof if you are following the roofline.

Decide what style of lights you want to use: solid, chasing or blinking? Miniature (C-7) or full-size (C-9)? Do you want white or colored lights or a mix? Rope lights usually come in lengths from 25 lights to 200 lights.

Now you have to work out how many strings of lights you’ll need based on your design and measurements.

At this point you may decide to scale back your design, because you have too many lights!

Also remember you don’t want you house/premises to be too bright - you’ll lose the appeal of the best Christmas light arrangements.

Christmas Light Installation Tips:

Test the lights before you install them (it’s a pain in the b–t if you have to take them down again).

Get help. If you’re up high have someone hold the ladder and pass you the lights.

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