How do you do your outside Christmas lights without a plug outside?!?

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Just that

I’d like this to be a man job I could eliminate from my responsibilities, but no man, or plug

Too hard?

If you have a garage with electrics that’s probably easiest to feed it from. Other wise just through a window or door.

Outside sockets tend to be a luxury.

We've got battery operated ones. They batteries always last

We put the wire through the window and then shut the window.

In the back garden we have external sockets (very useful too for lawnmower, strimmer, outside diy tool use and many other things). Out the front the lights are on an extension cable run out through the garage door, the connecting bit being protected in a waterproof and taped bag.
I always find that battery lights go through the AA's like nobody's business, so it can make them rather expensive to run.
We used to run the light cable through a window, but that only worked when we had the old double glazing which was rather loose fitting. The new windows are too snug for that.

Wire through a window under the door mat if it’s skinny enough. The letter box Is more of a pita if the plugs not on the wall the door opens onto.

But we got an outside socket fitted.. wasn’t expensive either and it means I don’t turn off the lawnmower to plug anything else in.

Cable through window and close the window. On 'plastic' windows there is enough give in the seal to still close the window properly.

If there isn't enough cable to reach into the house you can extend it with a 'chocolate box' (see how much extra you need and take the lights into your local hardware store).

I'm the lights person in this house (after DH extended the ones that go on a tree).

Trewser Of course you can plus in lawn mowers! Well the electric powered ones anyway.

Solar/ battery operated

Most sets of Christmas lights have very thin wire. You can put this through the window and plug it in inside then close and lock the window. It doesn't seem to do any damage. We have lights which we have used year after year with no harm to the wire. We do this with the wreath on the front door too

Thin wire-from door still shuts fine.
Or yes Battery ones...

We have a special hole that has a cover, originally cut in to the top plastic of the shed door by an electrician, so the lights go from the front shed. Put them up myself this afternoon, only took a few minutes.

But aren't you constantly tripping over the cables?

I bought some outside battery operated ones last year but they are bit - ineffectual.

I live in a 'naice' area and some folk have the most impressive outside lights. DH has had an operation so is not up to putting ours up so we are in darkness.

Extension lead plugged into outside freezer house thingy with a bucket over it to stop getting wet

Battery operated from Wilkos. £7 a box.

We.use our camping electric hook up leads which is then posted through the floor level air vent and then plugged in.

We feed ours through an air vent. You have to take the plug off to feed it through, then refit it.
Back garden is easier as we have 4 outdoor sockets.

Feed through a window be it in the house or garage