Christmas cheers are in the air! With the Christmas tree out, light up your house by hanging lights.
Types of lights for Christmas
- Battery-operated lights: These help the décor as they do not need a source of electricity.
- Twinkling lights: These lights have 20% twinkling bulbs and 80% constant bulbs.
- Christmas string lights: These look like a candle with a sharp tip.
- Icicle lights: As the name suggests, these look like icicles.
- C9 Christmas lights: These are traditional Christmas lights that are larger in shape.
- C7 Christmas lights: These are mid-sized Christmas lights.
- C6 Christmas lights: These are small-sized Christmas lights.
See also: DIY decorations for Christmas
Decoration plan for Christmas
Plan your light layout. This will help you decide the amount of light needed. Don’t hoard more lights than the electric point can handle.
- Pick a focus point and place the majority of lights there.
- Include light placements on walkways, lobbies, plants trees, window sillsand roofs.
- Place energy-efficient lights using light clips. Use adhesive clips for railings and universal clips for hanging lights from the roof.
Hanging lights outdoor
- Test the lights before hanging them outdoors.
- Choose different shapes.
- Connect the lights to a smart app to manage its operations.
Hanging lights on the roof
- Never install the lights on the roof if it is snowing or raining.
- Use a ladder to reach the roof.
- Untangle the lights and hang them straight or on the clear lines of the shape of the roof.
- Use paper clips and rubber clips, instead of nails, to clip the lights.
What is the best way to hang Christmas lights?
Never hang Christmas lights using nails and staples. This will spoil the bulbs and the lights. Instead use clips and hooks to clamp the lights especially from the roofs so that they hang and give a beautiful effect.
How can you hang Christmas lights without electricity?
You can hang Christmas lights without electricity by using solar powered wireless lights. These lights get charged during the day and can be used in the evenings.
FAQs
How to hang the lights on the roof?
The easiest method is to use plastic hooks and clips. They are inexpensive, easy to install and can hold all types of Christmas lights.
How to put Christmas lights on a tree?
Start by winding the strand to the base of a bottom branch next to the tree’s trunk. Start winding it around the tree’s branches to make various shapes.
What are the different Christmas lights?
C9, C7 and C6 are various Christmas lights.
When is the ideal time to fix string lights on the roof?
A dry season, when it is not raining or snowing, is the ideal time to fix string lights on the roof.
What can you use to hold the lights in place?
You can use a staple gun to hold Christmas lights in place.
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