Hanging lights in your yard

When buying Christmas lights for your yard, make sure they are made for outdoor use. Most Christmas lights are indoor/outdoor, which usually work fine outdoors. You want to make sure they will be safe to use even in bad weather.

Bushes and shrubs are the easiest to decorate. Simply wind around every which way until you are pleased with the results. In the dark you won't see the plants anymore but you will see a random arrangement of lights. If you insist on having your Christmas lights in a uniform order, you may want to consider light nets instead of individual strands. These are extremely easy to use. Just place the center on the top of the plant, the net drapes down, and you're done decorating the bush.

If your yard lacks shrubs but is full of tall trees, you can wind the lights around the tree trunks. In places like Florida and California where there are tall palm trees, people will decorate the trunks as far as they can reach. For trees with a lot of branches and leaves, hanging lights can be difficult, but not impossible. Just set a ladder against the base (be sure it is secure) and starting as high as you can, wind the lights around the tree's branches, uniform and even lines do not look good in trees usually, so if everything looks random, you will have a better visual effect.