You can use leftover Christmas decorations such as lights, wreaths, and garland for a variety of other holidays and events throughout the year. You can also repurpose used decorations as eco-friendly options. Consider pro-grade LED Christmas lights over retail-grade lights to conserve energy and reduce waste.

Decorations and Ideas

Lights
Christmas lights are the most versatile of holiday decorations. They look fantastic during holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Fourth of July. Lights are also perfect for bringing energy to events like family cookouts or graduation parties. Try wrapping string lights around the pergola or putting fairy lights in jars and setting on a patio table. Use lights to cast an inviting glow in any space any time, indoors or outdoors. String lights beautify the backyard with ease when used as wraps around the railings of a deck, or when lined between trees.

Wreath
Make a lovely centerpiece at the table for spring holidays like St. Patrick’s Day and Easter, and combine other decor such as a vase placed in the middle of the wreath. A wreath can also make a lovely greeting for guests at the front door. Turn up the spring vibes by decorating the wreath with flowers, picks, and pinecones for an appealing organic appearance.

Garland
Garland can become a spring-like decoration that celebrates the bounty of nature as the weather warms up. Garland looks pretty wrapped around a pergola outdoors or lining the mantel inside. Like a wreath, garland can also be decorated with natural-looking accents.

Eco-Friendly Options
Recycled materials and “upcycled” items are eco-friendly options that you can put together to make the best of leftover items from Christmas.

Thrift stores and flea markets can carry decorations for convenient reuse. Or breathe new life into items by “upcycling”, which is creatively reusing materials and items in a way that transforms them into something new and with added value. With some creativity, the sky’s the limit on what can be put together and made into refreshed, appealing decor.

Lights that Last
Nothing can replace the unique beauty of shining lights. For lights that last longer through multiple seasons, consider using pro-grade Christmas lights. Proper care helps to maximize the lifespan of lights, making a fine set of pro-grade lights last up to 75,000 hours, or approximately 6 or 7 seasons. Retail lights sold by online retail shops and big box stores only last 2 to 3 seasons, contributing to more waste compared to pro-grade. Incandescent lights are estimated to last for only 3,000 hours, making LED lights by far the best choice in lighting for the environment. All of our LED Christmas lights are pro-grade and use as little as 10% of the energy that incandescent Christmas lights use.

Brighten Christmas and the holidays beyond with lights from our collection of pro-grade LED Christmas lights.