It’s about this time of year that Christmas lights start to create problems – at least, those that are more than a year old and have been stored gathering dust somewhere. There are a number of reasons why Christmas lights fail but they generally boil down to two problems:
Light Bulbs – in older string lights, [...]
One of the joys of Christmas is to take the family, especially the younger children, and to take a tour of the Christmas lights in your area. You can just visit the Christmas lights in the main street, or you can drive around your own area – either way, I am sure the children will be [...]
There are many uses for Christmas lights. Some people decorate the outside of their homes, others decorate outdoor living areas and, of course, there is the traditional decorating of the tree using Christmas lights. One other use is to decorate your windows – particularly the front window. Short of using nails in the window frames, [...]
One of the big benefits of using LED Christmas lights is that they draw only a tiny amount of power. This means you can run far more lights off the one transformer compared to traditional lights. If you have a passion for decorating your home with Christmas lights then connectables are the obvious choice.
With connectable [...]
A Christmas tree is not complete without the star on top and the lights switched on. Christmas lights come in varying lengths with each length containing a certain number of lights. Do you know how many lights should go on your tree?
The formula is pretty easy – about 30 lights per foot in height. A [...]
When it comes to Christmas lights, nothing beats rope lights when it comes to creating your own Christmas look. Rope lights have become popular for a range of decorative styles. These include:
framing windows,
framing the front door,
framing the front of the house, particularly along the eves,
creating artistic patterns,
creating scenes, and
framing the Christmas tree
And that is only [...]
Although our main products are Christmas trees, they are not our only products. If you are a little bored with the same old decorations on your Christmas tree each year, maybe it’s time for a change. In this case, rather than changing the Christmas tree decorations, try changing parts of the environment.
Take these white LED [...]
A Christmas tree dressed up with multi-coloured fairy lights is probably everyone’s favourite decoration. The Christmas tree looks great all dressed up with baubles and pretty decorations but it isn’t until the lights go on that oohs and aahs start – especially when it comes to children. The look on their faces says it all [...]
Christmas trees were once lit using candles. You can imagine how busy firefighters were over the Christmas period. Candles were eventually replaced by fairy lights. These were far better than candles although they did have problems of their own.
Some of the problems associated with fairly lights include heat, fire and reliability. Good lights are fairly [...]
One of the prettiest sights is a fully decorated Christmas tree complete with flashing lights. However, Christmas lights have more uses than simply adorning a Christmas tree. In fact, their use is only limited by your imagination.
One of the most popular activities around the world is creating Christmas landscapes for the world to see. In [...]