Does anyone have any good tips for outdoor christmas lights *10 points most

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enthusiastic answer*? I really want to do a good show this year and i have 6 mini trees on a light controller and next year ill do the whole house but i Have a spot light and i have nothing to do with hit? any ideas please answer both questions:
1. What are some ideas for outdoor lights?
2. What can i do with a spotlight?
 
space out mini trees and make sure lights looks good from a distance.

Decorate bushes with string lights. Put lights in basic position during day but secure them in positions in evening when it's dark. The placement of the bulbs will look better and are spread out nice and evenly. Nothing worse than seeing straight lines of lights.

I like when people get large green fake pine garlands and wrap around white lights and then hang or drape garland over porch or windows or doorways.

Put a nice wreath on a focal point in front of house. Whether it be between two large windows, front door, and then have spot light showcase it.
 
For your first questions-DON'T GET TACKY


it's a good idea to stick to a single color of lights (usually white) and continue the rest of your decor along with that same color...but if you're like me, and you have to have multicolored lights, make sure you have other decor to match that decor.

if you have a pathway leading up to your front-door, line the trees up along the path in some sort of patter

you can also get like 2 of those animated grazing deer things, scatter the trees on your front lawn, and put the deer around them.

You might want to take measurements of the places where you plan on putting lights-that way, you know how many you need and you can estimate how many boxes of lights you need to buy.

NEVER USE NAILS TO HANG LIGHTS-it leaves holes and creates a hazard it something goes wrong with the lights..

there are these clips that you can hang from rain gutters, as well as the same clips with an adhesive backing...3M makes some really good ones, but they're a bit pricey..I know that there is this other brand that has a similar product and has a large tub of them for a decent price.


if you need extention cords, make sure the cords are suitable for outdoor use, and figure out how you are going to run them before buying them/setting them up.



Avoid fake snow-it looks like you have a cheap sheet of cotton on your lawn (which is basically what you have), its hard to clean up if it gets wet, and if you have a lot of squirrles in your area, they will chew it up..

a reef is basically a staple in christmas decor-get a reef, but put lights in it (keep it simple and use white lights)

you can buy 2 pointsetta plants and put them outside of your door


For the spotlight-if you plan on doing a nativity scene (idk what your religion is), you can illuminate it with the spotlight..you can also use the spotlight to add general lighting to your decor...aim it downward towards your decor..
 
If the spotlight is not attached to home set it aways away from the house. Point it at the house and it only adds beauty to what you have done with the trees with lights.
 
Lacking abit of info,dude...ps your spotlight the small one used at porches and stuff or is it those big 'batman signaller" types?and what type is your house?

the christmas trees, one you can put one in your house, the rest you can use it along your pathway in a zigzag manner. The spotlight..small one use it behind a snow globe to have a light sprinkle effect in your house.
 
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