Christmas Central Blog

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