![]() For a 7 foot tree, use 2 – 3, 100 count light stands.Įven if you are using multicolor Christmas lights, use clear white on the trunk. The lights add depth and interest to the tree. To make a Christmas tree look like it is lit from within, string clear mini lights around the trunk and in the center of the tree. You string the lit section on and shove the unlit section into the bush. Don’t toss these, they can be used to light the bushes around the exterior of your house for Christmas. If half the set is lit and the other is not – you could try replacing the first bulb after the outage or a fuse, but this may not fix the strand. If it stays lit – it is good to put on the tree. Next, gently shake it around to make sure all the bulbs are secure. Plug each strand into an outlet and leave it plugged in for about 5 minutes. There is nothing worse than having to find the bad strand once the lights are on the tree. Test each light strand to make sure it is working properly before stringing on the tree. The extension cord also has a rocker switch that makes turning the lights on and off all at once very easy. For safety, you have another outlet in close proximity to start another 3 strands. Once you have three light sets strung together. It also makes it easy to follow the safety rule, not to plug more than 3 sets of lights together. No more having to send all the plugs to only one outlet or area. The light strands on the top of the tree get plugged into the top tap outlet, the middle lights – the middle tab, and the lights around the bottom, go into the bottom tab outlet. This scenario does not happen when you use the 9-outlet Christmas Tree Cube – this extension cord gets strung up along the trunk of the tree and evenly places 3 cube taps (for 9 plugs) one at the bottom, middle, and top of the tree. It can get quite messy and may leave more lights than are necessary along the path to the outlet. The top light strands have to weave down the tree to the bottom to be plugged in where the outlet(s) are. When you use a regular extension cord with one outlet tap – all the plugs from all the lights have to reach this plug or outlet bar. If you are not familiar with this type of extension cord, once you use it – you will never ever put lights on a Christmas tree without it. When doing this you need to connect all the lights around the top and will need to add a plug near the top of the tree. I found that working top down, instead of bottom up, you are better able to hide the wires at the top of the tree that is not a lush and full as the bottom branches of the tree. Tuck the ends into the branches to hide the end of each strand. To do this method, you start each strand of lights at the top of the tree and simply let it hang down. String the light strands vertically up and down the tree. ( See how to do this later in the post.) 3. You will need to plug in the next into the outlet. Once you have 3 strands plugged in to each other. When you get to the end of a strand, plug in another strand and continue adding lights in this manner. Going round and round the tree horizontally repeating the process. As you go around the tree with a light strand, simply push the strand into the center of the tree along the branches and then back out again. To do this technique, start at the top or bottom of the tree. ![]() It works very well when you have a very full tree. This is the fastest way to add lights to a Christmas tree. This requires quite a few strands of lights depending on the size of the tree and the number of lights on each strand. Once you are back at the Christmas tree’s base, you move onto the next branch. This is done by going up and down each branch on the tree starting at the base of the branch and wrapping the lights around the branch as you work to the outer tip of the branch and then back down along the branch. It does take time, but is the best way to hide the wiring. ![]() This is the best way to add lights to a Christmas tree where you string the lights on the tree branches, one branch at a time. ![]() There are many professional Christmas tree lighting techniques to correctly put lights on a Christmas tree. What is the Right Way to Put Lights on a Christmas Tree? I know how to hang Christmas lights as well as my know my way around a strand of mini string lights and wanted to share my Christmas tree lighting tips to make the process of putting lights on a tree fast and easy, and that will give you glowing results.
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