What are Christmas Lights?

Christmas lights are decorative lights used in the celebration of Christmas during the festive period. They come in a variety of colours and lengths, and can be used either indoors or outdoors to decorate the house and garden, and for large seasonal displays at Christmas time. All of our lights contain energy saving, safe LEDs too, that can safely be hung on artificial trees or real trees without the risk of getting too hot, whilst saving you money at the same time, compared to traditional filament lights.

2019 Christmas Décor Trends

We’ve identified four key Christmas décor trends for 2019, each with their own completely unique style. There’s Memory Lane – our nostalgic nod to Christmases past and present, which creates a familiar and comforting Christmas feel; Mystical Woodland – a Scandinavian inspired world, full of magic and mischief; Seasons of Snow – a luxurious decorative theme filled with stars, snow and high shine finishes; and Sugar and Spice – a dreamlike, whimsical theme filled with unicorns, rainbows, stars and moons.

We’ve created a whole new way to shop! Each of the themes has its own dedicated page on the website, meaning you can easily create a beautiful, cohesive Christmas style for your tree using one of the ready-made themes, since we’ve done the hard work for you.

2019 Christmas lights and decor trends have taken a step into the future this year. We’re proud to be exclusive sellers of the 2nd Generation Twinkly Light range - controlled by an app on your smartphone, tablet or even by your smart speaker. These revolutionary lights allow you to create your own colour scheme and lighting displays, even setting them to music, and with Generation 2, you can use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to control your display!

Christmas Lights and the Celebration of Christmas

Christmas is now arguably as much a cultural celebration as it is a religious one. Some traditions are still very much tied to the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ though, including the practice of putting up Christmas lights and decorations. Originally these were mostly based around the nativity, but more recent practices are often more generic, though red, gold and green are still the most common colours at Christmas, and these do have religious significance. Nowadays it’s hard to imagine a Christmas without wreaths and garlands, twinkling fairy lights and depictions of Santa, snowmen and reindeer. Lights have moved from the living room throughout the house and are increasingly used, along with various decorations, outdoors. Christmas trees became commonplace sometime in the 19th Century and it’s now rare to find a home without one.