Are you ready for Christmas this year? I know I am...And after a year like 2009, I'm looking forward to this Christmas even more. And my favorite part of the holiday season is seeing the colorful Christmas yard decorations set up in front of every house in the neighborhood.
My wife tells me that every year I am unpacking our boxes of outdoor decorations earlier than the year before. When I was a kid, my father used to set them up like clockwork the first Saturday after Thanksgiving...rain or shine. But today, you can see stores like Home Depot setting up their Christmas displays even before Halloween.
If you are in the market for some new Holiday decorations this year, get ready to be surprised! You will have many new choices this year-- From solar powered outdoor lighting, to LED animal displays with thousands of lights...and from 3-D holographic holiday images, to an amazing selection of inflatable Christmas displays, you will find plenty of new Christmas yard decorations to fit every style, theme, and budget.
Before you begin, please take a moment to carefully plan your new Holiday yard display. With the right planning, your new and improved Christmas yard decorations will be a hit with both your wife and the guy next door. Here's a few tips to get you going this year.
Here is a the first question that you need to answer: do you have access to electricity in your front yard? If yes, terrific! You're in business! But if you don't, you actually have a few options available to you:
1. There are actually many kinds of Chistmas yard decorations that do not require any electricity at all, like a nativity scene, outdoor tree ornaments, garlands and bows. Setting these up under a streetlight will illuminate them at night without any lighting of your own.
2. This year you will find many new solar-powered lights and decorations, including string lights, net lights, and path lights.
3. My dad was famous for stretching out three hundred feet of extension cord to light a tiny tree in our back yard...I don't recommend this, but if this is your only option please use a heavy-duty cord!
If you prefer a conservative Christmas display, start with something like a traditional wreath and bow on the front door. Net lighting will make the bushes and small trees in front of your house really "pop". You can't go wrong with icicle lights either, but take care if you must use a ladder to install these.
Are you ready to do something completely different this year? Don't know where to start? It's always easiest to begin by picking a theme and working around that...Here are some ideas for you to get you started: Santa's village, reindeer, snowmen, toy soldiers, Peanuts characters, candy canes, gingerbread cookies, etc...You can even brainstorm with your kids and have some fun with it!
Are you going with colored lights, or will you keep it traditional with only white string lighting? Traditional or contemporary? By the way, it's a good idea at this point (ahem) to consult your spouse before making any big decisions about what the front of the house will look like for three months out of the year.
And here's the last word on buying your new Christmas yard decorations...You get what you pay for. Today you can find decorations manufacted in dozens of countries to various -- and often poor -- quality standards. Often these products do not even come with a UL electrical rating. Therefore, if you find an mechanical Santa being sold at an amazing price from an unknown vendor online, you may have good reason to be suspicious about the quality and safety of this product.
And here's the most important ingredients to a successful holiday display: have lots of fun with it! And with that let me wish you and your family a very merry Christmas season, and a joyful and prosperous New Year. - 32397
My wife tells me that every year I am unpacking our boxes of outdoor decorations earlier than the year before. When I was a kid, my father used to set them up like clockwork the first Saturday after Thanksgiving...rain or shine. But today, you can see stores like Home Depot setting up their Christmas displays even before Halloween.
If you are in the market for some new Holiday decorations this year, get ready to be surprised! You will have many new choices this year-- From solar powered outdoor lighting, to LED animal displays with thousands of lights...and from 3-D holographic holiday images, to an amazing selection of inflatable Christmas displays, you will find plenty of new Christmas yard decorations to fit every style, theme, and budget.
Before you begin, please take a moment to carefully plan your new Holiday yard display. With the right planning, your new and improved Christmas yard decorations will be a hit with both your wife and the guy next door. Here's a few tips to get you going this year.
Here is a the first question that you need to answer: do you have access to electricity in your front yard? If yes, terrific! You're in business! But if you don't, you actually have a few options available to you:
1. There are actually many kinds of Chistmas yard decorations that do not require any electricity at all, like a nativity scene, outdoor tree ornaments, garlands and bows. Setting these up under a streetlight will illuminate them at night without any lighting of your own.
2. This year you will find many new solar-powered lights and decorations, including string lights, net lights, and path lights.
3. My dad was famous for stretching out three hundred feet of extension cord to light a tiny tree in our back yard...I don't recommend this, but if this is your only option please use a heavy-duty cord!
If you prefer a conservative Christmas display, start with something like a traditional wreath and bow on the front door. Net lighting will make the bushes and small trees in front of your house really "pop". You can't go wrong with icicle lights either, but take care if you must use a ladder to install these.
Are you ready to do something completely different this year? Don't know where to start? It's always easiest to begin by picking a theme and working around that...Here are some ideas for you to get you started: Santa's village, reindeer, snowmen, toy soldiers, Peanuts characters, candy canes, gingerbread cookies, etc...You can even brainstorm with your kids and have some fun with it!
Are you going with colored lights, or will you keep it traditional with only white string lighting? Traditional or contemporary? By the way, it's a good idea at this point (ahem) to consult your spouse before making any big decisions about what the front of the house will look like for three months out of the year.
And here's the last word on buying your new Christmas yard decorations...You get what you pay for. Today you can find decorations manufacted in dozens of countries to various -- and often poor -- quality standards. Often these products do not even come with a UL electrical rating. Therefore, if you find an mechanical Santa being sold at an amazing price from an unknown vendor online, you may have good reason to be suspicious about the quality and safety of this product.
And here's the most important ingredients to a successful holiday display: have lots of fun with it! And with that let me wish you and your family a very merry Christmas season, and a joyful and prosperous New Year. - 32397
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