Christmas Designers

Tips for Christmas Preparation That Will Help You Get the Most Out of Your Holiday Celebrations Preparing for the holidays well in advance of the season can remove the end-of-year stress associated with buying gifts, decorating the house, and organizing travel. With a few precise plans and a well-developed budget, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to prepare for...[...]

LED Christmas Lights Offer Perfect Year-Round Décor for Childrens' Rooms Looking for a new way to brighten up your child’s bedroom? White Christmas lights or other string lights are a fun and creative way to illuminate kid’s bedrooms throughout the year. LED string lights are easy to customize, inexpensive, and typically last for several months or years at a time...[...]

Green is the new white, and that's why at Christmas Designers we strive to provide eco-friendly lighting products "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas," The continued sentiment of generations of Christmas enthusiasts, both before and after Bing Crosby sang those lyrics in the immortal Christmas tune White Christmas. While most Christmas enthusiasts continue to long for a white Christmas, there's...[...]

Christmas Designers is exploring the possibility of expanding their eCommerce distribution facility in Sherman, TX. The building being considered is part of the old Burlington Building Complex on the South Side of Sherman. The complex dates back to the late 1800s and is considered a historic site.[...]

How-To Tips for Hanging Christmas Lights on a Variety of Surfaces If you’re a fan of the National Lampoon Vacation series of movies, you probably remember Clark Griswold's Christmas light installation antics in Christmas Vacation. Old Clark made a number of buffoonish mistakes in that movie, all to great comedic effect. But in real-life terms, Clark's Christmas light installation techniques...[...]

Build-Your-Own C7 and C9 Light Lines: Not Just For Professionals When you're looking to buy light lines for your Christmas lighting project, your choices really boil down to two options: 1. Buy ready-made stringer sets that are ready to use right out of the box 2. Buy empty socket light lines, bulbs, and fittings, and build your own custom-made light...[...]

Some people prefer chocolate. Some prefer vanilla. Some prefer strawberry. And some people prefer some other exotic flavor. If you ask people about their favorite flavor of ice cream, you'll get some pretty decisive answers. There's not a lot of wishy-washiness when it comes to favorite ice cream flavors. And similarly, there's not a lot of wishy-washiness when it comes...[...]

April 2nd was declared World Autism Awareness Day in 2007 by the United Nations. A few years later, the Light It Up Blue initiative was born, promoting awareness and facilitating a more open conversation about what autism is, how it affects communities and individuals, and how we can support the cause for research, treatment, and cures. Wearing blue isn’t only...[...]

We all know that scene from National Lampoons when Clark brings out the tubs of lights, and to the utter dismay of his son, they are all tangled in a huge ball. Doesn’t really scream FUN! So, in order to avoid this scenario, we have a few great tips that are sure to make the weekend in November a slam...[...]

Minleon LED Retrofit Bulbs If you're a Christmas enthusiast shopping for LED Christmas lighting, you're faced with sort of a 'good news-bad news' scenario. The good news is that you have a vast array of products and price ranges to choose from. The bad news is that you have a vast array of products and price ranges to choose from...[...]

  What's a Four-Letter Word for Christmas? The phrase "four-letter word" doesn't exactly convey a positive connotation, does it? It's a phrase that conjures up words that cause censors to bleep and mothers to scold. If you accidentally bang your thumb with a hammer you're liable to let slip one of those four-letter words. If you're a comic working blue...[...]

If you've spent any time at all on our website, you know that we're very high on LED Christmas lights. We consider them the far better choice over incandescents for Christmas enthusiasts and professional installers. And it's not just because we sell them. After all, there's still some demand for incandescent lights, so we sell those too. So whether you...[...]

Commercial Light Trees: Elegant and Durable Christmas Grandeur Our commercial light trees represent a study in contrasts: elegantly beautiful and yet cast-iron durable; add a touch of sophistication and excitement to any Christmas display, yet astoundingly simple to assemble and install. These light trees are very popular in commercial installations, but they're also great for residential homes. We offer our...[...]

From candles to LED Christmas lights, a lot has changed in the past 100 years. For many centuries, if you wanted to light up your home with bright and cheery Christmas lights, you had one choice - fire. Lamps and candles were just about the only options available, with candles serving as the go-to source of decorative Christmas lighting for...[...]

If you're a frequent visitor to ChristmasDesigners.com, you know that we regularly post in-depth articles about the products we sell. But in this case, I'm posting a review of a product that we don't sell. Why would I do that? It's simply because I've been very impressed with this product. I was asked to review it awhile back, and I...[...]

  It’s no secret that LED Christmas lights can save lots of energy. In fact, depending on the type of light set, the energy savings can be anywhere from 80% to 95%. But if you're like a lot of people these days, when you hear numbers like this you probably just assume that it’s marketing hype, with very little basis...[...]

Full Wave LED Christmas Lights: A Quicker Flicker Can Make a Difference When you're shopping for LED Christmas lights, you should be aware of the difference between full-wave lights and half-wave lights. All LED Christmas lights are either a full-wave or half-wave, and we do offer both varieties in our online store. All of the professional/commercial grade lights we sell...[...]

C6 LED Christmas Lights Look Great in a Wide Variety of Lighting Applications Everyone remembers the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It's the story of a little girl who (quite rudely!) barged uninvited into the home of an unsuspecting family of bears: a mom bear, a daddy bear, and a baby bear. The bears were out, so Goldilocks...[...]

Christmas is a magical time of year. Why shouldn’t you have a magic Christmas tree and magic Christmas decorations to go along with the festivities? Furthermore, why shouldn’t we be able to look at outdoor commercial Christmas trees that enchant and wow? This blog discusses how you can make a magical outdoor Christmas display for your home or business. Most...[...]

White is white, right? Wrong. When it comes to buying LED Christmas lights, if you want white, you're going to have to clarify that decision just a bit. Because as it turns out, there's really no such thing as "just white" - at least when it comes to LED lights. In fact, there are three variations of white LEDs: warm...[...]

Planning on buying some new lights for Christmas this year? Why not buy them early and get double-duty out of them? It's worth considering because those Christmas light sets can also be used to make great Halloween light displays. Though no holiday is as big as Christmas, Halloween is pretty popular in its own right. And lots of people that...[...]

Best LED Christmas Lights for Outdoor Lighting Approach a group of experts in any field, and ask a question that begins with: "What's the best all-around…," and you're likely to end up with a lively discussion on your hands. That's because defining "the best" of anything is usually rather difficult. And the varying opinions and experiences of those with knowledge...[...]

Have a Holiday Ball With HoliSpheres When you buy Christmas decorations that are easy to use, easy to store, and suitable for use on many occasions throughout the year, you're getting great value for your money. And that's the case with Holispheres. Holispheres are simple in design; it's one of those products that make you wonder why nobody thought of...[...]

Commercial-Grade Outdoor Christmas Trees Offer Majestic Beauty and Provide a Magnetic Draw Know these 5 tips before buying one… The phone rings. I answer it. And on the other end is a voice of desperation. The conversation begins like so many other calls we receive: "Hi, I'm Jane Smith with the City of Smithville. I'm stuck with having to find...[...]

M5 LED Christmas Lights Offer Great Versatility for Both Indoor and Outdoor Use Is it an outie or an innie? That's a question that might cross one's mind during a bout of self-absorbed naval gazing. But it's also a question that might come to mind when you're planning this year's Christmas light display. That's because some LED Christmas bulbs are...[...]

Once upon a time candles were used to add decorative lights to Christmas trees. There's no doubt that a Christmas tree lit with the bright and cheery light of candles was a beautiful sight. There's also no doubt that many a home was reduced to a pile of cinders and ashes as a result of the combination of candles and...[...]

When it comes to wrapping trees and scattering the foliage with LED Christmas light sets, most people, ourselves included, use 5 mm Wide Angle Conical light set. Conicals are by far the most popular LED set we sell and look great for foliage lighting. We also see a number of people going with M5 light sets, which have a similar...[...]

It's no secret that not everyone can install Christmas lights like a pro. In fact, most people are more than content to go down to their local big box store, buy a few boxes of inexpensive Christmas lights, and randomly string them around their yard. But then there are those folks that don't just want to keep up with the...[...]

We've all see the businesses and homes that are outlined with absolutely perfect perimeter lighting. Every bulb is exactly in line with the next bulb and every dormer, ridge row, and architectural structure is cleanly outlined with no extra cord or bulbs hanging off the end. When done correctly, perimeter lighting can take an ordinary lighting project and turn it...[...]

As professional Christmas installers, one of the most valued pieces of hardware that we carry with us is slide on plugs, also known as zip plugs or vampire plugs. Our toolboxes are always crammed full of hundreds of these handy little plugs. We've come to count on the slide on plugs so much that we don't know how we ever...[...]