UK Christmas World Archive

So Christmas is coming, and you have absolutely no choice in decorating your home. Whether you’re a Christmas fanatic or a complete scrooge, your house will stick out like a sore thumb on your street if you are the only one not partaking in the yearly festivities. In this article I will attempt to outline various cost effective ways to decorate your home for Christmas.

One of the most prominent features of the standard Christmas decoration set is blinking lights and shiny decorations.  This proves to be incredibly expensive for a first time buyer of a set of Christmas decorations, without the advantage of owning a set from the year before. Regardless of the underlying theological underpinnings, Christmas is something that people of any faith or creed can get involved in, and any excuse to be merry and charitable can’t be a bad thing.

For the exterior of your house, LED Christmas lights can prove to be incredibly inexpensive and much less dangerous in comparison to the old style of Christmas lights. LED lights also have an advantage of longevity, and a single LED bulb for last for several years of Christmas celebrations.

A Christmas tree is of course an essential addition to your home decorations; the main option is usually between a natural tree and a synthetic tree. Natural trees have many disadvantages, Christmas trees in nature are evergreen, which means that their leaves and needles are burn easily, and at an incredibly high temperature. In concerns to your own home safety, a natural tree can be a beautiful addition to your display, if handled in a responsible manner. The trees by nature are incredibly susceptible to fire and should be kept well away from any heat generating power source or traditional old Christmas lights; it’s far more preferable to decorate with tinsel, baubles and non-electronic additions for a more natural look. There are also places who will take your natural Christmas trees and recycle them by making chipping out of them or some people plant them and keep them as a garden feature.

A synthetic tree is far more preferable if you’re looking for a low maintenance tree.  Most modern synthetic trees are highly resistant to heat and fire, and in this respect make them the far safer option, and can be incredibly flexible in terms of decoration and storage, natural trees decay after each year’s festivities so it is far preferable to invest in a synthetic tree which you can use year after year.
 
Good luck! I hope these tips have helped you in regards to choices of decorations this Christmas!

Half the fun at Christmas time comes from the joy families get from decorating their homes, be it putting up the tree or lighting up the porch and garden. This feeling of togetherness is second to none and when your home looks special for Christmas, the hard work seems really worth it. To make Christmas time truly magical, spend some time finding a theme, accessories and most importantly the right lights to make your home “Christmas perfect.”

Start your Christmas decoration preparation by choosing a theme. If you live in a place where it does not snow, a snowed in garden theme complete with its snowman would really make your house stand out. For outside Christmas lights, use small pearl lights to light up your snowman and other accessories like the door wreath and reindeers. To create the snowman and reindeer use particle board and old clothing, and outline each figure with small, white pearl lights that look subtle yet extremely festive and magical.

Incandescent net lights in gold also make really amazing and stunning outside Christmas lights. For gardens that have quite a number of shrubs and hedges, these lights can be used to light up all forms of foliage, you can wrap these around tree trunks or around hanging plants on the porch. Another really fun and creative way to use these is to let these bushes grow a month or so before Christmas and to then trim them into fun shapes, a reindeer, a snowman or an angel and then add these lights to make them come to life!

Multicoloured faceted icicles are one of the most exciting and cool outside Christmas lights. Great for people with smaller outdoor area, these can be hung up on the ceiling of the porch and North Pole can be created underneath, complete with little lit up elves, toys and Christmas father. Go all out and stick a sign that even says Santa’s factory and adults and kids will really enjoy this display.

Even really simple touches can make a house look really festive and cosy, a few days before Christmas sit down with your kids or spouse and make cool Christmas crafts which you can actually string together and light up using a number of small Christmas lights like the net lights or the clear garland Christmas lights. There are many types of lights out there to choose from, make sure you find the right length and get something that is energy efficient and safe, as kids do tend to want to touch and feel them once they are lit up.

One of the most favourite times of the year is Christmas – for almost everyone! One of children’s greatest enjoyments is looking at all the Christmas lights that are used to decorate everything from lampposts to trees and from houses to shrubs. Some have even been known to decorate garden fixtures such as parked cars and fences with Christmas lights. It is a joyous time of year and world-wide the celebration is known by all the lights and decorations everywhere. There are so many varieties and types of Christmas tree lights and one might not know where to start!