Novelty Christmas Lights

Christmas lights really do add a festive flare to your holiday decorating.  If you want to go fun, funky, or a little sentimental, you might just want to try out novelty Christmas lights. 

Novelty Christmas lights are those cool Christmas lights you may see in your neighbor's yard, you know the ones ... those lights shaped like candy canes, angels, or Santa Claus.  The ones that you often wish you would remember to purchase each year because they look so cute! 

What you may not know is that you can get more than just the novelty lights like the ones mentioned above.  Did you know that you could get Christmas lights shaped like a bunch of grapes?  How about Christmas lights shaped like moose, tractors, deer, dolphins, The Grinch, Wizard of Oz characters and even Sponge Bob?  You name it; you can probably get it in the form of novelty Christmas lights. 

If you want to start shopping for novelty Christmas lights like these, you need to be prepared to spend from $12 to as much as $25 and you also need to make sure that you read the box carefully for all sets of lights.  If you want to use these novelty lights outside, please make sure the box says they are for indoor and outdoor use.  Not all novelty Christmas lights are for outdoor use, so read carefully.  Websites that specialize in Christmas decorations sell these types of lights year round or you can wait until the holiday season and purchase them at a retailer. 

Christmas Night-Lights

If you want to brighten up a room at night during the Christmas season, perhaps you want to look into purchasing a Christmas night-light?  Is there a better way to add light to your child's room during the Christmas season then to plug in a Christmas themed night-light?

If you want to start shopping for Christmas night lights you will see loads of choices in Christmas night-lights.  You can search websites for Christmas night-light choices.  If you want your darkened room to be brightened with a cardinal night-light - you are in luck, cardinal night-lights are available!  How about a cute Santa with a Christmas tree night-light for your little one's bedroom?  Or even two cute little penguins can help your child see better at night and most likely bring a smile to his or her face when they wake up each morning.

Christmas night-lights cost between $10 and $13 or more.  When decorating your home each Christmas, why not think about purchasing a Christmas night-light to add to your holiday decor and make a dark room a bit more bright at night?

Christmas Light Color and Type Choices

When purchasing Christmas lights you will notice you have a wide array of colors and types to choose from.  To begin with, you will be able to choose from basically a rainbow of colors, including red, orange, green, blue, pink, purple and even yellow.  Of course, clear and white are available also!  You can also purchase Christmas lights that are single-colored strings or Christmas lights that come in multiple colored strings.  What you choose is up to you and how you want to decorate your home.

You can also choose from many different types of bulbs for your Christmas lights.  C7 bulbs are candelabra bulbs and are shaped in an oval type shape, screw right into cord sockets and can be used inside or outside.

You can also choose from C9 bulbs, which are similar to the C7 bulbs and come in a wide variety of colors.  Both types of bulbs have the ability to stay lit for 2500 hours or more, which is a large amount of time to stay lit.  You must make sure if you purchase a string of Christmas lights and you need to replace one or two, that you purchase the right replacement bulbs.  C7 cords must have C7 bulbs and so on.  You can't mix and match, which is why you must read the box and the light string to purchase the correct bulbs. Prices range from $.99 for one bulb to $5 for a pack of four.  Or you can purchase an entire string of lights for about $12. 

Christmas light colors and types are up to the person doing the shopping.  You may want to do some homework and find which types of lights and what colors will look best in your home.

Icicle Lights

If you are like a lot of people, you may look at icicle lights and say, "Wow!  Those are beautiful lights!"  Icicle lights are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country and really do add a special touch to your home at Christmas. 

Icicle lights are for indoor or outdoor use and are the type of lights that have a main cord in which strings of lights hang down from, called tail cords.  Icicle lights usually are six feet in length and can have up to six sets connected together at a time. They hang from your roof in a lovely fashion and come in a variety of colors from clear, blue, red and multi-colors.  You can purchase icicle lights that twinkle or don't twinkle and you can expect the average icicle bulb to last 2,500 hours and cost about $17 for a strand. 

Candle Lights

Do you have a windowsill you want to dress up at Christmas time?  You aren't alone if you are at a loss for what to do with that empty sill.  How about purchasing a candle light to set on your windowsill that shines brightly out your window for your neighbors to see?

A candle light is a Christmas light that actually looks like a burning candle, only without the danger of leaving a burning candle sitting on a windowsill, you instead get a safe version of a candle.  Candle lights even have what looks like a flame coming from the top of the candle and has a little stand that is attached to the candle, which makes for easy display. 

You can purchase candle lights that are battery-operated, so you don't even have to worry about plugging them in or finding an outlet near your window in order to display the candle appropriately.  Simply insert the batteries and flip the switch to turn on.  You can instantly dress up a room with a lovely candle light.  These types of Christmas lights aren't even that expensive.  Expect to pay about $6 for one candle light. 

If you want to add even more class to your window, you can purchase a more expensive candle light, one that has a pewter candleholder and runs about $15.  This type of candle light will stay illuminated for over 120,000 hours and is also battery operated.  You don't have to display these candle lights in front of a window, you can also place them on your dining table, your mantle or even a dresser.  Wherever you want to add some light to a room, you can place a candle light!

LED Lights

If you are conscious about saving energy and want brightly lit Christmas lights, you will probably want to consider using LED lights.  LED lights can display lights of a specific color without having to use a color filter. Because of this, LED lights are more efficient and cut costs on light bills. 

Christmas lights are available in LED so if saving energy is important to you, you will want to do some shopping and find LED lights to use.  You can choose from LED Christmas lights in all colors and multiple colors and you can purchase different light types, such as mini LED Christmas lights, wireless LED candle lights, C6 and C7 bulb lights and even LED light strands made specifically for those who collect Christmas village displays.

LED light strands cost between $15 and $25 dollars and are well worth the money you save in energy costs!

Rope Lights

If you hate taking out your Christmas lights each season and untangling them, hanging them, and replacing broken bulbs, have you considered using rope lights instead? 

Rope lights have many benefits.  First, they easily wrap around things, so if you have posts on the front of your home or in your home, you can quite quickly wrap a Christmas rope light around the post and viola! You have decorated your home with Christmas lights.  Rope lights are also great for hanging on the outside of your home and can also be used indoors if you wish. Rope lights are typically made with a vinyl cord of which a rope light set is wrapped.  There is no touching of the Christmas lights as they are wrapped in a vinyl cord. 

Most rope lights are about 18 feet long and come equipped with mounting clips and cable ties for easy hanging.  Rope lights typically can be connected for up to 200 feet and come in all colors imaginable.  You can also purchase rope lights that are multi colored and has lights that chase, meaning the lights seem to move throughout the string of lights within the rope.  These chasing rope lights are pretty cool and will cost about $22 compared to rope lights that don't chase, which cost about $14 online.