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Homes & Gardens
Alex David

How many outdoor Christmas lights do I need? An expert electrician explains the 'fifty-per-foot' rule

Christmas lights outside a home.

Decorating your front yard with string lights is the perfect way to bring some festivity to your home. But it can be a little tricky to work out how many lights you need.

You have to weave the lights in and out of branches, so simply measuring the length of a hedge isn't enough. It's easy to underdo it and run out of lights, or buy too many and wind up with a blazing bright front yard.

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