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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:22:26 PM EDT
Without being garish or anal, what do you like?
Maybe a little late for this thread. This is not a thread about outdoor decorations, or projections on your house. Nor is it about super modern computer controlled theme lights. But straight up lights outside or on your house. I guess I am traditional, or old school. I like the strings of big old C9's on my house. Also some on plants in my yard or along the fence line or driveway. Like the way they look, but that might just be nostalgia. Not my house, but this is kind of what I am talking about  I do like 'icicle lights' and put them up on my folks house, but I just do the C9's on my house. I do like neat 'white' lights like these, but have never done them. Neat and tidy, kinda perfectionist, but I still like 'em  I also like what looks like christmas tree lights on peoples houses - clusters of little lights. They make me feel warm inside. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:26:45 PM EDT
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I like the white lights.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:28:22 PM EDT
[#2]
To not to.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:30:51 PM EDT
[#3]
We switched from white mini incandescent lights to LED C9s this year. I like the more ordered look of the C9s better.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:41:38 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: To not to. Huh? Is that a sly grammar or spelling remark? |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:42:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:45:46 PM EDT
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C9 Master Race checking in. LEDs, but they look like warm white Edison bulbs. "Cool" white (>4000 Kelvin) Christmas lights of any kind are
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:49:30 PM EDT
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Rainbow colored lights are absolute shit, unless the goal is to make your house look like a cheap traveling carnival. It's Christmas, not a used car lot.
White lights. Red/green lights. The end. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:49:41 PM EDT
[#8]
I can’t be bothered to even put them up this year
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Posted: 12/2/2021 12:59:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can’t be bothered to even put them up this year I hear ya! My neighbor has had his lights up for 3 years now and can't even be bothered to turn them on yet this December |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:19:42 PM EDT
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My wife got a warning from the city on her lights being on 24/7/365….some vines had grown over the sensor and we were not full time residents and failed to notice it.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:35:29 PM EDT
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I use my extendable limbsaw to snag the ends of the branches in my front yard cherry tree
I pull them down and wire attach the ends of warm white LED mini light strings to 6-8 branches and run lines of light up into the tree  My HOA sent me a letter about my keeping edison lights in the soffit after xmas one year my neighbors and I liked how they lit the front of the house so i moved them inside the boxwoods |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:38:02 PM EDT
[#12]
I still rock the C9's as my main strip of lights across the front eve. LED's for windows and other stuff.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:42:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To not to. This. Much each easier to drive and look at ones other people put up 
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:46:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To not to. I’m here with this. However, every year, I drag everything down from the attic so it can look like a Hobby Lobby threw up inside my house, and dutifully put up some modest lights outside, because my wife loves charisma decorations. I use white. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:01:03 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: C9 Master Race checking in. LEDs, but they look like warm white Edison bulbs. "Cool" white (>4000 Kelvin) Christmas lights of any kind are .https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/87635/Christmas_Lights_2021_ar15_jpg-2189171.JPG Thank you for saying what needed to be said. Whoever came up with those needs punched in the dick. I know you can get warm white LEDs now if you shop correctly but can you even get warmer multi-color lights these days? The only ones I've ever seen out there are distinctly cooler looking than traditional incandescent multi-color lights. I still run incandescent lights for now. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:10:06 PM EDT
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Been hanging white icicle lights for about 10 years and am done with them. Last year we had some issues with them and I'm not chasing problems this year. Thinking about going with the larger c9 type preferably in white LED. Is there a good online retailer that would have them cheaper or should I just head to my local big box retailer?
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:12:29 PM EDT
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What about LED C9's computer controlled to look like old school C9s? Roofline is 6" spaced C9's
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:28:39 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What about LED C9's computer controlled to look like old school C9s? Roofline is 6" spaced C9's https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/120028/IMG_4836_JPG-2189294.JPG Acceptable |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:34:04 PM EDT
[#19]
Old School incandescent Charlie niners....
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Posted: 12/2/2021 3:30:29 PM EDT
[#20]
Availability kinda sucks right now in the stores
i bought a big roll of led minis at Sam's Club early last month and I have not seen any re stock |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 4:09:09 PM EDT
[#21]
Nothing inflatable. Looks like trash.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 4:34:13 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Huh? Is that a sly grammar or spelling remark? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: To not to. Huh? Is that a sly grammar or spelling remark? I prefer to not put up outside lights. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 4:45:01 PM EDT
[#23]
Regular cheap $3 a box mini lights. They always end up not working the next year so I just consider them disposable. i'm not spending hours chasing shorts when I can buy enough to bury the house for $50.
This year it's all red. Last year was all green. It will never be all white. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:24:21 PM EDT
[#25]
C-9 Master Race
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:31:19 PM EDT
[#26]
C9 master race here. The incandescent ones, not the LED abominations where the blue bulbs look like they are in another dimension.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:33:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rainbow colored lights are absolute shit, unless the goal is to make your house look like a cheap traveling carnival. It's Christmas, not a used car lot. White lights. Red/green lights. The end. Five color C9s are the most classic Christmas light arrangement there is. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:37:08 PM EDT
[#28]
Transparent C9s multi colored.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:38:56 PM EDT
[#29]
I've always done C9 multicolored lights either around the front of the house or front gate. Changed over to LED lights a few years ago.
I do like the look of all white lights and some of the small towns around here do a bluish tinted white lights around the town squares that look good. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:44:12 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What about LED C9's computer controlled to look like old school C9s? Roofline is 6" spaced C9's https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/120028/IMG_4836_JPG-2189294.JPG Did you work out the controller yourself or is this something that can be purchased? I would love to be able to switch to LED but won’t compromise on appearance. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:45:52 PM EDT
[#31]
White is right.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:50:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/5/2021 6:54:07 PM EDT
[#33]
All white minis.
Never liked the C9s. Multicolor minis are alright on the tree if I’m feeling nostalgic. ?? |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:32:55 PM EDT
[#34]
I think the solid colors look better, classier, but while the kids are younger we put up multi-colored mini LED lights for the fun factor since they seem to prefer them as well as the ease and cost factor of the small lights.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:37:39 PM EDT
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White lights are pretentious and boring.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:42:26 PM EDT
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We have a house here that has been doing the Grizwold family vacation Christmas lights on their house. Their neighbors must hate them. I don’t know what bulbs he uses except for all of them.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:48:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Old School incandescent Charlie niners.... Me too, and sometimes less is more. I like the first pic in the OP. I like all white, but not as much as color. SOme sort of yard art needs to go with the white. The computerized light shows are really cool, but the average person is a bit challenged on those. Anyone can do simple outline lights. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:48:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Five color C9s are the most classic Christmas light arrangement there is. THIS Old school C-9s take me back to being 5 years old, visiting gramma's for Christmas. |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 8:55:43 PM EDT
[#39]
Old school C9s reminds me of being a kid
However i can not find any screw in LED C9 style lights. Not even sure they exist |
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Posted: 12/5/2021 9:05:09 PM EDT
[#40]
Good old incandescent C9s. While I like the idea of the energy savings and LONG runs you can get with LEDs, I have yet to see any that don’t look like…..LEDs.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 9:06:39 PM EDT
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I do C9 white incandescents on the house. LED minis on everything else.
This potato pic doesn’t do my house justice. 
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Posted: 12/5/2021 9:10:33 PM EDT
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I like color changing LED lights that don't look like LED lights.
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Posted: 12/5/2021 10:52:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Old school C9s reminds me of being a kid However i can not find any screw in LED C9 style lights. Not even sure they exist Everything you need right here LED or incandescent, light strings, plugs, etc. We bought from here last year for a business display that stays up in the weather all year. We replaced a few bulbs but otherwise it held up fine. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:12:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Everything you need right here LED or incandescent, light strings, plugs, etc. We bought from here last year for a business display that stays up in the weather all year. We replaced a few bulbs but otherwise it held up fine. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:18:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can’t be bothered to even put them up this year I've put up lights once in 27 years. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:18:34 AM EDT
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We do non LED mini lights as that is what we have, though I had to replace the ones on the columns this year. If anymore die, I may just redo them all in LED's.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:34:45 AM EDT
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None--I hate exterior Christmas lighting. I hate putting up the lights and I hate taking them down. We still have a couple crates of lights but I refuse to put them up anymore.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:44:10 AM EDT
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White Lights. No inflatables.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 11:52:04 AM EDT
[#49]
I need to do better. Rocking the laser lights ( I have 6 of them) for the 3rd or 4th year. I forget. Plus it's so damn easy to set up and forget about.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:00:06 PM EDT
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Colored lights are my favorite but I appreciate all Christmas lights.
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