Decorating the outside of your house will show your christmas cheer to your neighbors and passersby.
How to put up christmas lights tree.
From subdued and simple to merry and bright these christmas tree lighting tips will help you impress your holiday guests.
The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree.
And when you step back to take a look the lights may be disorderly or too dim or maybe even too.
How many lights to use.
Add lights to your christmas tree.
We ll show you how to put christmas lights on a decorated christmas tree correctly it s easier than you think.
How to put up christmas lights outside.
Once you re in a suitably festive mood you can get started stringing the lights on your tree.
Test the bulbs to make sure all of the pieces are in working condition.
Feel free to add up to 5 strands of lights per foot height of tree if you really want your christmas tree to glow and be the center of attention.
Start weaving the lights back and forth going down one side of the tree instead wrapping the lights around the circumference of the tree.
That will give you the desired 3 inch spacing.
Your christmas tree is finally up and you ve spent the last 45 minutes slinging lights around its branches taking chances with your rickety old ladder investigating which broken bulb caused the entire string to turn off the list goes on.
Coil the first set of christmas lights loosely around your hands.
Start from the bottom and work up stringing the lights in an up and down weaving pattern.
The glow of lights will enhance your tree s natural beauty.
The final designer secret is to move around the christmas lights slightly after you have added your christmas ornaments to light certain special ornaments from the front.
Untangle the lights carefully.
The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method.
Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces.
Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need.
No more light lassoed christmas trees.
When you get to the end of a strand of lights add another and keep going but don t connect more than 3 light strands or it could become a fire hazard.
Avoid dragging the strings across the floor.
Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working.
Repeat this for the other sides of the tree.
So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights.
Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree.
But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree.
The first thing you re going to want to do is pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate and put on some christmas music.