Christmas Central Blog

12 Important Tips for Hanging Outdoor Christmas Lights

Posted by Linda Trzyna on Nov 14th 2025

Residential Christmas light displays just seem to get bigger and bolder every year, with more homes showing more lights and lighted outdoor decorations.You can buy yards of Christmas lights and loads of lanterns – but your Christmas light display might still fizzle if you don’t follow a few important decorating tips.Whether you’re a Christmas decoration newbie who has decided this is … read more

Tree Trimming Tips: 8 Ways to Improve the Look of Your Christmas Tree

Oct 24th 2025

Charlie Brown would agree: All Christmas trees are beautiful. Yet having a beautifully decorated Christmas tree can sometimes seem both extremely important and extremely difficult.Maybe it’s because a Christmas tree is the focal point for all our hopes and wishes for the holiday season. Children and adults alike find Christmas magic in its boughs.What Makes the “Perfect” Christmas Tr … read more

How to Turn Christmas Lights into Hauntingly Good Halloween Decor

Sep 16th 2025

When Halloween decorations start appearing in your local hardware store in late summer, you know that decorating for the spooky season has become big business. It’s hard to deny the holiday’s appeal as a season of fun and mischief, a celebration that gives creativity free reign.Halloween decor can take many directions. You can create a charming autumn display with scarecrows, colored … read more

Colored or White Christmas Lights? The Great Christmas Light Controversy

Dec 19th 2024

The very first electric Christmas lights were white. And blue. And red. When Edison Electric Company Vice President Edward Hibberd Johnson strung together 80 electric lights to decorate his family’s Christmas tree in 1882, he unknowingly sparked a debate that has raged seasonally ever since. See: Why Do We Put Up Christmas Lights?It seems people have intense opinions about the c … read more