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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Hebe Hatton

How to choose the perfect Christmas lights – tips for getting the style, length, and color right for your home

Room filled with Christmas trees and colorful lights.

Choosing Christmas lights sounds like a simple job no? But, as anyone who has tackled the task will know, it can be a minefield to get the perfect set for your home. There are thousands of styles, types, colors, and effects – string lights, mini string lights, colored lights, white lights, warm white lights, big bulbs, small bulbs, every size in between bulbs. I could go on.

I've personally been on the hunt for the perfect set of warm white tree lights to work with my Christmas decor for the best part of a decade. And the mistake I was making was panic buying a new set every year in the hope they would be the one, without really considering what I actually needed for my home. So lessons have been learned and last year I found my perfect set of Christmas lights because I took the time to do the research.

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