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Putting the Lights on the Tree.
If you have purchased a Live Christmas Tree it is best to use the mini Indoor Christmas Light Strands. They burn cooler for Live Christmas Trees and have five inch spacing between the bulbs to make it easier to wrap on the tips of your tree.
To add them to a Live Christmas Tree either lay them on top of the branches or gently loop them over the tips. You can put them up the branches from the trunk or just on the tips.
You can add lights to Unlit Artificial Christmas Trees so they stay on from year to year. If you choose to do this it is a good idea to light the tree with strands of 50 Miniature Christmas Light Bulb Sets with Green Wire. It is much easier and quicker to replace a strand of 50 lights than a strand of 100. The top section of most trees is the smallest and can usually be lit with strands of 20 Christmas Light Bulbs or 35 Christmas Light Bulb Set.
Start at the back of the branch just in front of the trunk and put a light on top of the tip where it joins the branch. Then, working your way to the end of the branch, secure a light to as many of the tips as you like. Then wrap the lights on as many of the tips on the end of the branches as you like. You will crisscross under the center of the branch after securing a light to a tip and then just move from one tip to the next on the ends of the branches.
There are two variations to this process. One is to put the light on top of the tip where it connects to the branch and the other is to wrap the light up the tip and back down so the light bulb is on the end of each of the tips.
How To Preserve the Lights on Your Tree.
Here are some tips to preserve your lights, whether you bought a tree with lights or you light your tree yourself.
For any tree over 8 feet tall plug each section of the tree into its own extension cord.
Do not piggy back more than three strands of lights.
Do not wrap the cords too tight, this can break the connection.
Also if you have a tree over 8 feet tall it is best if you use two wall outlets that do not share the same circuit. Plugging large trees into one circuit can blow a fuse.
Do not crunch up the tree and squish it back into the box it came in after Christmas. Store it assembled or in pieces wrapped in a sheet or purchase a Christmas Tree Storage Bag.
Adding C7 Lights or Other Novelty Lights.
Indoor or Outdoor C7 Light Sets come in clear, multi, red, green, blue, amber, pink and purple. They also come in Stationary and Twinkle sets. These lights and other Novelty Lights add color and variety to your lighting and can even come in styles and shapes to fit your theme. First you see the tiny white lights that look like stars then you have the larger vibrant colored C7 lights.
C7 lights attach to the tips with a clip. For a really beautiful look, keep the C7 lights close to the trunk and only bring them about half the way down the branch. This really adds depth.
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