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Outdoor christmas lights help

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Beingyellow · 25/11/2019 21:47

This will be our first Christmas in our new house. We tend to keep the inside quite minimal with a tree, decorated fireplace and a few wee bits on the table. We've never really bothered about the outside before but I am quite excited this year to jazz it up because we now have a front garden etc. Anyone got any easy ideas?

Are those projector things any good?
How hard is it to put outdoor lights on walls?
Would it be too tacky if I get like a light up reindeer or something?

Sorry just a bit excited. Any ideas? Planning on doing this till December some point

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boobot1 · 25/11/2019 22:10

It's christmas be as tacky as you like. The projectors are quite good, get some fairy lights for outdoor bushes n stuff. Go on, go mad (I amGrin)

70sWitch · 25/11/2019 23:47

I personally hate those projectors. Also inflatables, rope lights of Father Christmas/snowmen waving etc. And I don't understand what polar bears and penguins have to do with Christmas at all.

Reindeer look nice - maybe with a sleigh. No unicorns! Wtf? A set of lights around the window or on a tree. Or both.
It sounds like you don't want to go mad. At least not this year, but beware. It can be addictive Xmas Smile

Be1atrix · 27/11/2019 19:53

following for ideas!

sueelleker · 28/11/2019 16:45

I like the idea of the projectors, but I've got a spaniel who chases lights constantly. He'd be worn out and demented by Christmas Day.

SweetPeaPods · 28/11/2019 19:57

We have lovely icicle lights that go around the front of the house. We clip them onto the gutter.
Really want some reindeer but haven’t seen any I really really like yet.

TrickyD · 29/11/2019 08:44

We were given some of the projector lights by DS2, thought they were very naff but put them up and loved them. They cove the whole front of the house, so I got some more for the back. But you have to choose carefully. Some only look any good if they are projected onto a surface within a couple of yards.

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