Our 60 inch Norway Christmas wreaths have 960 thick dark green branches and needles made of poly vinyl and 400 clear lights. The 60 inch Christmas wreaths match our Norway Christmas garland. The Norway 60 inch Christmas wreaths have three heavy-duty wire rings with wire cross members connecting each ring to make a strong holiday evergreen wreath frame that the decorative Christmas wreath branches are connected to. The holiday evergreen wreath is measured from the outstretched branch tip to the opposite outstretched branch tip. These holiday evergreen wreaths can be used for outdoor decorating projects. Select this link to view our artificial garland and lighted Christmas garland.
Shaping an artificial Christmas wreath: When you get your artificial wreath home it will be all crunched up. Lay it with the metal frame on the floor. Use your four fingers like a comb and gently comb through the tips, this will fluff it out a bit. Then you can shape some of the tips the same as an artificial Christmas tree. Simply place your index finger on the end of the tip closest to the center of the wreath. Gently push down once with your finger tip, then move your finger back a little and continue until you have given the entire tip a gentle bend. Repeat this with as many of the wreath tips as you like. Just remember, a plant grows toward light. It would not be natural for a live wreath to have too many completely straight branch tips.
Lighting an artificial wreath: To start adding your lights, attach your light cord or battery pack to the back of the wreath, on the metal frame. Pull the lights up through the wreath from the back. Zigzag your way across the wreath while wrapping lights onto some of the tips. Select this link to view our indoor Christmas light. Wrap some lights closer to the end of the tip and some a little farther down. Keep going all the way around the wreath. The idea is to conceal as much of the cord as possible with the remaining unlit tips. Here are the lengths of the average light sets; 35 light sets have a 25 foot cord. 50 light sets have a 35 foot cord. 100 light sets have a 68 foot cord. The longer the cord is the more tips you can light.
Some things to avoid are, having too many lights next to each other and going in a straight line. You want the lights to be in more of a random order.
Most wreaths can be lit with either battery lights or mini lights like the ones used on pre lit Christmas trees.
You can also use twinkle or colored lights to give a more decorative look. Select this link to view our Christmas outdoor lights.
The first thing to consider is the size of the wreath. You can use battery operated lights on most 24 inch and smaller wreaths. Select this link to view our battery operated lights.
We don’t recommend that you use battery lights on larger wreaths because it would take too many sets of battery lights to go all the way around a large wreath. An average 30 inch pre lit Christmas wreath comes with 100 lights. Most battery operated light sets have only 10-15 lights. Battery light sets have a box with a switch to turn the lights on and off, it also holds the batteries and must be secured to the back of the wreath, on the metal frame. In order to turn these lights off and on you have to take the wreath down and flip all the switches. You can see that it would be much easier to do with a small wreath.
Here are some tips to prolong the life of your Christmas lights. If you light the wreath yourself, never plug more than 3 strands of lights end to end, two is much better. Not only is this a fire hazard but it draws too much current through the wires and decreases the life of the bulbs.
There are several types of power strips available for safety and convience. Select this link to view our power strips and power protection supplies.
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