To help you get it just right this year we ve compiled a guide on how to put lights on a christmas tree.
Put christmas lights on christmas tree.
No more light lassoed christmas trees.
Add lights to your christmas tree.
Untangle the lights carefully.
Avoid dragging the strings across the floor.
Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need.
Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree.
A strand of lights is typically made from a few different wires that are braided together into a larger cord.
Coil the first set of christmas lights loosely around your hands.
But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree.
How many lights to use.
When hanging christmas tree lights on a tree you should plan on using 100 lights for every foot of your tree s height.
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Most holiday decorators recommend 100 150 mini lights per foot.
Begin at the bottom of the tree making sure you have left enough slack for the plug on.
Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working.
The first thing you should consider before purchasing lights is the size of your tree.
The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree.
So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights.
So for a six foot tree you ll need about 600 lights.
We ll show you how to hang lights on a real christmas tree it requires just a little patience.
The first designer secret is you can add a bit of twinkle to your christmas tree by adding 1 2 strands of 50 or 100 clear or white blinking lights no more than 2 strand for a tree under 10 tall or 3 if you have a tree that is at least 10 tall wrapped around just the trunk of your christmas tree they can be a different color white than your.
To make the lights stick to the tree more permanently pull the wires apart and slip tree branches through the newly created gaps in the strand causing the lights to get a little more stuck in the tree than they would be otherwise.