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Do you like white lights or colored lights on your tree? I like the like the white lights.especially the twinkling (Original Post) debm55 Friday OP
Color on tree, white lights thru out house... Color or white outside depending. LizBeth Friday #1
Thank you LizBeth. debm55 Friday #4
Colored, definitely!!! CrispyQ Friday #2
Thank you CristyQ. debm55 Friday #5
We just set parts of it on fire. Natural light. underpants Friday #3
Oh underpants. Natural light would come from the sun or stars. debm55 Friday #6
And what are those? underpants Friday #27
Don't understand the question? I am talking about natural lignt.in the sky. you are talking about a fire that would debm55 Friday #30
I once put blue, white and green bulbs and lights on my parents' applegrove Friday #7
Me too. Thank you applegrove. debm55 Friday #8
When I was a kid... Dulcinea Friday #11
We had outdoor lights in the same blue/green palate. applegrove Friday #13
Yhat sounds very nice. Thank you Dulcinea. debm55 Friday #15
Colored lights. Dulcinea Friday #9
Thank you Dulcinea debm55 Friday #10
Warm white lights Hassler Friday #12
Thank you Hassler. debm55 Friday #16
Colored, non-twinkling lights. catbyte Friday #14
Thank you catbyte. I understand. debm55 Friday #17
White lights only. Lonestarblue Friday #18
Thank you Lonestarblue. debm55 Friday #21
Colored, blinking lights on the tree. Different Drummer Friday #19
Thank you Different Drummer Great choices. debm55 Friday #22
Had disagreement with Mr. D. He wanted colored lights, I wanted white twinkly lights Diamond_Dog Friday #20
Way to go. Thank you Diamond_Dog debm55 Friday #23
Now that's the way to compromise...LOL hlthe2b Friday #25
I told him he can put up whatever kind of lights he wants outside. Lol Diamond_Dog Friday #26
Yes it is . debm55 Friday #31
... Niagara Friday #38
If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody... 3catwoman3 Saturday #59
Color OR WARM WHITE lights. I can't stand those icy white white (blue undertone) lights... hlthe2b Friday #24
White lights on the tree with old fashion bubble lights surfered Friday #28
You years I looked for bubble lights I found them at wal marts. They were in old fashioned boxes. I loved them as a kid debm55 Friday #32
The bubble lights - do they look like transparent candles w a base, and ... electric_blue68 Friday #44
Yes the bulbs were clear. the liquid inside was colored. As the colored liquid in the bulb got hot it would bubble. debm55 Saturday #48
Thanks, yup, that's them. electric_blue68 Saturday #61
Warm white leds, not the cold colored ones, with colorful ornaments on the tree, colored lights here and there on other diane in sf Friday #29
Good luck diane in sf trying to figure it out. It sounds like it will be beautuful. Thank you debm55 Friday #34
I like to mix things up each year Niagara Friday #33
Thank you Niagara. Your tree will be beautiful. debm55 Friday #35
Thank you and you're welcome, Debbie Niagara Friday #36
White ProfessorGAC Friday #37
Thank you ProfessorGAC That sounds beautiful debm55 Friday #39
I like colored lights but we have white on the tree dwayneb Friday #40
HAHAHHAHAH, Thank you dwayneb debm55 Friday #41
It varies from year to year. woodsprite Friday #42
Woodsprite. thank you for your post. I really like the led tha changes colors and intensity. Sounds like a great idea debm55 Friday #43
Yes, colored lights onto the tinsel is lovely! electric_blue68 Friday #46
Colored lights. My mom wanted to try all blue, but we never did... electric_blue68 Friday #45
Thank you electric_blue68 , it sounds beautiful. debm55 Saturday #49
Thank you electric_blue68 , it sounds beautiful. debm55 Saturday #50
I like both. arkielib Saturday #47
Thank you arkielib. Great fun for the grandkids. debm55 Saturday #51
Multicolored lights. Before LED lights, my family always used assorted color bulb sets. Eugene Saturday #52
Thank you Eugene. debm55 Saturday #56
We use colored lights. Elessar Zappa Saturday #53
Thank you very much. Elessar Zappa debm55 Saturday #57
I like colored lights on the main tree. LisaM Saturday #54
Thank you LisaM. At one time I had 8 trees for every room in my house. debm55 Saturday #58
Usually white... justaprogressive Saturday #55
Thank you very much justaprogressive. It sounds beautiful. debm55 Saturday #60
White lights on the indoor, prelit artificial tree, non-twinkling. 3catwoman3 Saturday #62

CrispyQ

(38,454 posts)
2. Colored, definitely!!!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:27 PM
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There's noting like being stoned with pretty Christmas lights! Maybe a with a half gallon of peppermint ice cream, too.

debm55

(37,435 posts)
30. Don't understand the question? I am talking about natural lignt.in the sky. you are talking about a fire that would
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:42 PM
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destroy the tree and animals living in the area or the tree.IMO

applegrove

(123,458 posts)
7. I once put blue, white and green bulbs and lights on my parents'
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:33 PM
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Christmas tree. I was going for a theme. My dad walked in and said "Put the red bulbs and lights back on the tree". He didn't get my artistic expression at all.

I like the white fairy lights that twinkle.

Dulcinea

(7,548 posts)
11. When I was a kid...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:38 PM
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...there was a family on our street that used only green & blue lights outdoors. I thought it was pretty & distinctive.

applegrove

(123,458 posts)
13. We had outdoor lights in the same blue/green palate.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:41 PM
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They were sort of hung on some ancient cedar trees about half way up. I never got what my mother was going for but lights are never wrong.

Dulcinea

(7,548 posts)
9. Colored lights.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:37 PM
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Every house in the neighborhood looks the same with all white lights. Just my opinion.

catbyte

(35,899 posts)
14. Colored, non-twinkling lights.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:43 PM
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Light can trigger a migraine, especially blinking ones so those are a deal-breaker for me. The white lights are pretty but even the mini lights are too bright for me.

Diamond_Dog

(35,002 posts)
20. Had disagreement with Mr. D. He wanted colored lights, I wanted white twinkly lights
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:56 PM
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So we compromised and got white twinkly lights

hlthe2b

(106,574 posts)
24. Color OR WARM WHITE lights. I can't stand those icy white white (blue undertone) lights...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:05 PM
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surfered

(3,532 posts)
28. White lights on the tree with old fashion bubble lights
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:10 PM
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Colored lights around the fireplace and outside

debm55

(37,435 posts)
32. You years I looked for bubble lights I found them at wal marts. They were in old fashioned boxes. I loved them as a kid
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:50 PM
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on my grandmother's tree. Now I have my own.Thank you for bringing back those memories for me.

electric_blue68

(18,465 posts)
44. The bubble lights - do they look like transparent candles w a base, and ...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:34 PM
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the liquid inside bubbles up?

If so my cousin had them like 60 - 50 yrs back.

debm55

(37,435 posts)
48. Yes the bulbs were clear. the liquid inside was colored. As the colored liquid in the bulb got hot it would bubble.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 11:53 AM
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diane in sf

(4,098 posts)
29. Warm white leds, not the cold colored ones, with colorful ornaments on the tree, colored lights here and there on other
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:15 PM
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decorated areas in the house. I have one of those laser light things and I’m trying to figure out where to put it to shine up at my palm trees in the front yard in a place where it won’t be stolen. Too many nasty little high school kids and thieves walking by.

debm55

(37,435 posts)
34. Good luck diane in sf trying to figure it out. It sounds like it will be beautuful. Thank you
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:54 PM
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Niagara

(9,782 posts)
33. I like to mix things up each year
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:53 PM
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Last year it was the multicolored lights on the tree, this year it's going to be warm white lights.

ProfessorGAC

(70,318 posts)
37. White
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:56 PM
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Well, mostly.
We have all white lights on our yes & boxwoods all across the front yard.
But, on the south side of the yard we have a row of boxwoods that grew together into one continuous, curved 22' hedge.
Those are covered in blue LED lights, just to have something different.

dwayneb

(902 posts)
40. I like colored lights but we have white on the tree
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 08:58 PM
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It's a small price to pay to keep peace in the house.

woodsprite

(12,234 posts)
42. It varies from year to year.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:08 PM
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I like the twinkle setting that fades every other light on/off but we’ve had a hard time finding that type. We bought new led lights last year - warm white that could be switched to several different color settings, then you could change the color intensity from full 100% down to 20 or 25%.

I love copious lights on our tree. I like how the lights reflect in the tinsel I insist we use 🤩.

debm55

(37,435 posts)
43. Woodsprite. thank you for your post. I really like the led tha changes colors and intensity. Sounds like a great idea
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:14 PM
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electric_blue68

(18,465 posts)
45. Colored lights. My mom wanted to try all blue, but we never did...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:41 PM
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When I lived in Brooklyn one of our brownstone further down, and across the street on the 4th floor had all ?cerulean blue lights.
Very pretty, and I thought of my mom.

arkielib

(373 posts)
47. I like both.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 10:10 AM
Saturday

We had always used white lights on the tree and throughout the house until we got grandchildren. They like the colored lights, so that's what we have now!

Eugene

(62,736 posts)
52. Multicolored lights. Before LED lights, my family always used assorted color bulb sets.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 12:04 PM
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Nowadays, multicolor LED strips. Never used white.

LisaM

(28,690 posts)
54. I like colored lights on the main tree.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 12:09 PM
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But I like to have a smaller tree in the corner with just white lights (I'd have 50 trees if I could!)

3catwoman3

(25,578 posts)
62. White lights on the indoor, prelit artificial tree, non-twinkling.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 01:58 PM
Saturday

I put lights on 25+ bushes and trees outside.

*back yard:
- a flamingo willow gets green string lights wrapped around the trunk and a few of the lower branches, and steady multi-colored string lights around the whole circumference of the upper branches and looks rather like a large lollipop
- 5 small bushes around the base of a maple tree get steady green string lights
- 3 arbovitae are also wrapped in steady green string lights and topped with bright white twinkling snow flakes
- 4 little I-don't-know-what-they-are bushes in front of the arbovitae get draped in steady multi net lights
- the maple tree has a warm white twinkling buck deer standing by it and the arbovitae have a doe and baby deer standing by them/ the baby deer is looking up at his mother, and the doe is looking toward the buck

*front yard:
- a big burning bush is wrapped in at least 8 strings of twinkling multi-colored lights and looks kind of like a giant gumdrop
- all the remaining small bushes in front of our bay windows are a mix of multi and white net lights

*the bay windows get electric candles in them

My deer are the Phillips brand carried at Target, and I like them because they have eyes and noses and look more like real deer, in a Disney sort of way, than the kind with no facial features. See link below.

https://www.target.com/p/philips-27-4-34-led-glitter-string-fawn-novelty-sculpture-light-pure-white-twinkle/-/A-81565428?sid=&ref=tgt_adv_xsp&AFID=google&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000

I love Christmas lights!

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