Indoor Lights

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I use clear mini lights on all of my indoor trees. What do you use?

Have you seen those wonderful remote control candles? I wish I had some.


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[ornamentmaven]

I use clear mini lights on all my trees as well. I used solid colors and multi color lights outside

[MinnesotaMike]

I absolutely do NOT use clear minis. On the tree, I use a combination of multi-color minis, multi-color C7's and multi-color C7 LEDs All of them twinkle, except the LEDs. I also use a star shaped tree topper with multi-color minis. I respect what you do with clear lights...I have just loved the variety of colors since I was a boy.

[ornamentmaven]

I absolutely do NOT use clear minis. On the tree, I use a combination of multi-color minis, multi-color C7's and multi-color C7 LEDs All of them twinkle, except the LEDs. I also use a star shaped tree topper with multi-color minis. I respect what you do with clear lights...I have just loved the variety of colors since I was a boy.

Mike, I understand your love of the multi-color lights. That is what I grew up with as well. I swore by them for many years (until I was about 45) and then wanted some lighting that would highlight my intense ornament collection- and white/clear lighting is the best for that - so I switched!

[MinnesotaMike]

Mike, I understand your love of the multi-color lights. That is what I grew up with as well. I swore by them for many years (until I was about 45) and then wanted some lighting that would highlight my intense ornament collection- and white/clear lighting is the best for that - so I switched!

Yeah...I suspect the ornaments would be a huge factor in the decision. I have an absolute hodgepodge of ornaments. No rhyme or reason. I guess I rely on the lights to make the tree look better. HA!!

[SammieDsMom]

I always use colored on the tree. I use a combination of both on the outside. :tree1: I LOVE both!

[ornamentmaven]

Yeah...I suspect the ornaments would be a huge factor in the decision. I have an absolute hodgepodge of ornaments. No rhyme or reason. I guess I rely on the lights to make the tree look better. HA!!

I have alittle bit of eveything in my ornament collection as well. I'm not a theme/single color type of person. But each of my ornaments has it's own"personality" and history. I must put about a 1000 on my tree. Now that's alot of personality!

[MinnesotaMike]

We've got about 1 more year where we need to abstain from putting ornaments down low where Levi can grab them. I'm optimistic that by next year, we will be back to actually decorating the WHOLE tree!!

[ornamentmaven]

I remember the days of only unbreakable ornaments on the bottom of the tree!

[JollyElfDC]

I used to love the clear lights, but when I started doing my own tree nostalgia set in and I went for the multi colored lights. I think the clear are more elegant, but the multi-colored just made me feel more Christmassy.

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I used to love the clear lights, but when I started doing my own tree nostalgia set in and I went for the multi colored lights. I think the clear are more elegant, but the multi-colored just made me feel more Christmassy.

When I was growing up, my mother and my mother-in-law used C7 multicolor lights. Do you use mini multicolor lights? I'm thinking that people born in the seventies probably grew up those.

[JollyElfDC]

Yep, those are what I use. I do like the rather large retro lights they used in the 50's and 60's, but they don't really go with my tree. They also weren't selling the retro lights when I started doing my tree, but I do remember my parents still having a string or two when I was growing up.

[ornamentmaven]

My parents used the large multi -color lights pf the 50's/60's