Putting Lights On A Christmas Tree Up And Down

Once you re in a suitably festive mood you can get started stringing the lights on your tree.

Putting lights on a christmas tree up and down.

Keep doing this around each branch on the bottom. Try to avoid any obvious pattern or spiral. If you go around in a. Start from the bottom and work up stringing the lights in an up and down weaving pattern.

Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree. You want the lights to look natural. First put on the bottom layer of branches. I actually just own a bazillion twinkle lights because i like to put them all over the place.

Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections. So many trees come pre lit but i prefer to put my own lights on a tree. Plug in the first string of lights and nestle the last bulb on the string at the top of the tree next to the trunk. Most people light up their christmas tree by spiraling the lights from the bottom to the top of the tree.

If your branches are attached just fold down the branches layer by layer. The problem is that method loses some of the tree s sparkle power. Then put on the next layer of branches and add the lights using the same technique i used on the first layer of branches. Start at the base of one branch wrap up to its tip and back down to its root.

Put in the very bottom row of branches and light them up and down on each branch. Putting in only the bottom row makes it easier to line each branch with lights. Use an extension cord to connect the first set of string lights and work your way from the top of the tree to the bottom. That way when you put your tree up and a light strand doesn t work it s not that big of a deal.

Then wrap each branch going up and down the branch with the lights. You just run down to target and buy a new strand or two. Hanging lights on a real tree 1 when working with a real tree branches can be less uniform therefore it is best to not wrap the lights around the tree. Instead of wrapping the lights around the tree in a maypole style mentally divide the tree into three triangular sections from top to bottom around the tree s cone.