Tree Lights Poll

Lust4Life

It's that time of year again.
It's always the same.
I want the tree lights to weave back and forth from bottom to top so that when Valentines Day comes round I can get them back off before chucking the tree to the curb.

Hubby on the otherhand always wants to go round and round the tree with the lights from bottom to top. Which is an absolute pain when taking them back off.

Some folks weave their lights in a top to bottom pattern all around the tree.

And some just jam them on wherever just so they are on it.


So what is your method of operation when stringing Christmas Tree Lights?



Edit: W00t! This is my first poll posted ever!

humbert

As long as they're not gaudy multicoloured lights I'm happy. traditional white lights ftw.

petes

Lust4Life wrote:

I want the tree lights to weave back and forth from bottom to top so that when Valentines Day comes round I can get them back off before chucking the tree to the curb.

You keep your Christmas tree up until February?

Rb

Weave them up and down, up and down

Round from the bottom to the top or vice versa.

Haven't put up the tree yet actually, must get around to it someday soon...

Lust4Life

go round in circles from bottom to top

Posted by petes:
You keep your Christmas tree up until February?

It's an inside joke in my house. That's the real meaning of Valentines Day, isn't it? Taking down the tree?

Heck, for the price of a real tree lately, it ought to be up 3 months!

miamee

Weave them up and down, up and down

Round from the bottom to the top, they are in a loop...gets a bit awkward near the end of the loop! Traditional whites, no blinkie ones

SpitfireIV

go round in circles from bottom to top

Our tree is in a room corner, so I sort of loosely lay the lights out over the tree, weaving them from the bottom to top, then stand back (with the lights on) and try and space them as evenly as possible so as not to have areas with lights......take time . And again, traditional white, no color bulbs.

Ruu_Old

miamee wrote:

Round from the bottom to the top, they are in a loop...gets a bit awkward near the end of the loop! Traditional whites, no blinkie ones

Yep, same as me own.

pbsuxok1znja4r

Weave them up and down, up and down

humbert wrote:

As long as they're not gaudy multicoloured lights I'm happy. traditional white lights ftw.

Isn't it the other way around? The 'gaudy' red 'n' green etc lights are more traditional while the white ones are more modern??

Gaudy multi-coloured lights FTW

Oh, and in circles from top to bottom. But, eh, OP, will the results of this poll actually have any influence on how you decide to put up your lights?

Black Swan

My pine tree is small, alive, and in a pot. So I am not putting lights on it, cause it might hurt the branches. Have put lights around the skirt and a handful of very light ornaments and tinsil. Will plant the tree after Xmas. Hopefully it will grow to be big and strong someday, rather than be a dumpster addition.

Lust4Life

go round in circles from bottom to top

Awwww! Blue, I am glad you have a tree!

One year I strung lights on my Philodendron. It did end up dying.

As to will this poll have any influence on how I string the lights from here forward? Well it certainly is interesting that the round and round option is winning. But how many of you who do that are actually the ones who must also remove the lights when the tree is dry and crusty?

(Oh how I long for a fake tree! String them however, just leave them on and throw it in storage! But that's a whole other poll that would get plenty of traffic with the title Real or Fake. >_> Dang!)

Sam Vimes

this is our christmas tree in college:




the signal generator puts a square wave into the LEDs and makes them flash. yes we are nerds

Lust4Life

go round in circles from bottom to top

priceless!

phantom_lord

Weave them up and down, up and down

gottA be circles.

pbsuxok1znja4r

Weave them up and down, up and down

Commander Vimes wrote:

the signal generator puts a square wave into the LEDs and makes them flash. yes we are nerds

Best christmas tree EVAR

iguana

go round in circles from bottom to top

scouser.tommy wrote:

Isn't it the other way around? The 'gaudy' red 'n' green etc lights are more traditional while the white ones are more modern??

Gaudy multi-coloured lights FTW

Indeed. But tasteful white lights are so much more magical for small children, right?

This year I have a brand new light tradition. My 7ft tree goes in the bay window, with "classy" white lights in the window side to look all victorian, and magical coloured lights on the inside for me to enjoy while I drink my hot ports/cocoa.

With the lights weaved back and forth from top to bottom.

E2A; but the coloured lights have to be the ones with the pink bulbs.

Kolodny

Weave them up and down, up and down

I string them around in circles but keep them fairly close to the edges of the branches so they're easy enough to take off again come January. Or April. Or whenever I decide the stench of rotting tree is putting me off my dinner.

crosstownk

Weave them up and down, up and down

Ah yes the Christmas tree lights. A b1tch to get out of the tangled mess they're in from just ramming them back in a box/bag last year. Then the struggle to decide how to put them on the tree - a combination of circles and weaving in my case. And finally ramming them back in a box/bag and not caring as I'll worry about them next year...............

White non-blinky lights FTW!

Lust4Life

go round in circles from bottom to top

Oh, I found some totally cool wheels last year on sale after Christmas to roll the lights onto. They are the BEST thing I've ever bought for my Christmas box! It was so easy this year just unwinding the reel of lights onto the tree... back and forth. Heh!

Wibbs

humbert wrote:

As long as they're not gaudy multicoloured lights I'm happy. traditional white lights ftw.

Traditional my arse(as scouser.tommy points out). White is the pure nouveau stylee of glass topped dining table and tasteful "oak" floorboard land "and we have italian stone floors in the baaathroom you know". It's a toilet. Live with it. That kinda guff only flies in homes where B&Q are the arbiters of taste(Habitat hasn't opened yet). I don't think so. Dammit I've got some lights that are positively ancient(50's) handed down in hushed tones from my forefathers, but rewired (for the firemen out there) and they're of the multicoloured variety. If you want "trad" slap candles on the bugger. Gaelgoir candles naturally, made from the melted ear wax of ruddy arsed caileeens.

As for wrapping. It's a delicate matter indeed. A combination of wrapping and trailing from the top with more than one set of lights to achieve the effect.

miamee

Weave them up and down, up and down

Lust4Life wrote:

Awwww! Blue, I am glad you have a tree!

One year I strung lights on my Philodendron. It did end up dying.

As to will this poll have any influence on how I string the lights from here forward? Well it certainly is interesting that the round and round option is winning. But how many of you who do that are actually the ones who must also remove the lights when the tree is dry and crusty?

(Oh how I long for a fake tree! String them however, just leave them on and throw it in storage! But that's a whole other poll that would get plenty of traffic with the title Real or Fake. >_> Dang!)

Me! I have to do it all...but I have a fake tree Getting the lights back off the tree is no problem...getting them to fit back into the bloody box they came in is another story however :mad:

miamee

Weave them up and down, up and down

Commander Vimes wrote:

this is our christmas tree in college:




the signal generator puts a square wave into the LEDs and makes them flash. yes we are nerds

That's the saddest little Christmas tree I've ever seen

ferdi

scouser.tommy wrote:

Isn't it the other way around? The 'gaudy' red 'n' green etc lights are more traditional while the white ones are more modern??

Gaudy multi-coloured lights FTW

qft

as far as i'm concerned, christmas is the height of tackiness and thats how it'll stay in my house.