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Title: colored or white lights?
Post by: sommap on December 03, 2011, 08:40:27 am
Do you have colored or white lights on your tree?  Which do you like the best?  To me, a tree has to have colored lights as that is what we have always had.  I think they are the pretiest.
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Post by: natashaspy on December 03, 2011, 09:01:34 am
we have colored lights on our tree as well.  hubby also decorates the entire front yard, complete with 8 ft tall inflatables of santa in his home from the north pole, penguins, snowmen, a turkey (dont ask me he likes it)...and a pirate ship w/Santa as the capt. and reindeer peeking out of the windows on it lol.  he also uses a ton of lights on trees and the house, has a musical thingy that makes the lights turn on and off in time to the music :)
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Post by: yaayme on December 03, 2011, 12:25:51 pm
It depends on the decor...One year I had a silver theme, so I used only white lights but for the past several years I've used nothing but colored lights.
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Post by: jzmom on December 03, 2011, 12:39:40 pm
I have always preferred the colored lights over the white lights.  And if the colored lights blink that is even better!
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Post by: africanclaudie on December 03, 2011, 01:00:23 pm
I think it depends on the colour theme of your tree. White lights go well with a blue theme and yellow lights with a red theme, but coloured lights seem the "happiest" to me
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Post by: jaymz462 on December 03, 2011, 01:19:51 pm
I've always preferred colored lights for my tree, but I can definitely see the attraction for all white lights.  Usually I try to put up a small tree decoration that only has white lights in it.
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Post by: PMZ908 on December 03, 2011, 01:49:04 pm
i only like using red and green lights.
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Post by: dreamongirl on December 03, 2011, 03:16:09 pm
right now i don't have a tree up. but i prefer colored lights.. but since we do fake trees i think we're limited to white
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Post by: Nilyshia on December 03, 2011, 03:52:03 pm
I agree. colored lights are really nicee!!
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Post by: ghunter on December 03, 2011, 03:55:26 pm
I like one solid color, red is the color of choice.  If I use white lights it will be with the red lights.  But it really depends on your choice of colors.
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Post by: jkunert on December 03, 2011, 04:05:55 pm
For one year i like to have and blue lights on my Christmas Tree.  I like to have a blue light optical tree.



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Title: Re: colored or white lights?
Post by: sfister65 on December 03, 2011, 04:47:05 pm
Do you have colored or white lights on your tree?  Which do you like the best?  To me, a tree has to have colored lights as that is what we have always had.  I think they are the pretiest.
I perfer color. I think white is too plain. This year I have my fiberoptic tree up. It's a really neat tree.
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Post by: smithjcsdfw on December 03, 2011, 05:37:32 pm
Our family prefers colored lights.
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Post by: rrflem4 on December 03, 2011, 06:19:38 pm
I have decorated with both colored & white lights. I think it just depends on whats being lit up.
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Post by: lywb2168 on December 03, 2011, 07:17:29 pm
Well I liek the tree with colored lights, and that is how I decorate mine.  But my front yard has white lights only.  I have a pine tree on the front of the house so I decorated that one with big white lights and the biggest Christmas decorations I can find, usually silver and blue.  I have an blown up snow man and some gift boxes with white lights but colorful on the front.  and I just love those light nets that are in fashion now just trow them on the bushes and voila.
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Post by: southernhorizons on December 03, 2011, 07:39:33 pm
I like colored lights on the tree, although we generally use whatever is cheapest. But the colored lights add more excitement to the tree, and go well with multicolored ornaments.
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Post by: bigedshult on December 03, 2011, 08:11:13 pm
 colored are best i thing they look better than white.
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Post by: cloudsoup on December 03, 2011, 08:44:48 pm
i'm definitely a fan of colored lights.
my tree is a colorful and fun, but eventually
i'd like to have a smaller second tree and decorate
it folksy/rustic/country and have white lights on it.
i love modern and vintage, so one day i'll have both  :P
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Post by: sgluckadoo on December 03, 2011, 10:35:54 pm
as a kid i thought white lights were boring, and could not understand why anyone would choose them over colored lights. i guess i am now boring bc i prefer white lights!
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Post by: davidh121 on December 03, 2011, 10:53:59 pm
I like a variety of colors. They always look prettier to me. I have an aunt who favors strictly white lights, but this always looks a little plain when we're in the dark.
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Post by: njycorps23 on December 04, 2011, 06:36:09 am
colored lights
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Post by: UltimateX820 on December 04, 2011, 06:49:53 am
Colored lights I think are a lot nicer, it feels more like xmas with colored lights to me.
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Post by: njycorps23 on December 04, 2011, 06:55:07 am
@ultimate: i couldnt agree more i would love to have a white christmas tree with blue lights one christmas i think that would look beautiful
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Post by: Cuppycake on December 04, 2011, 06:56:12 am
Do you have colored or white lights on your tree?  Which do you like the best?  To me, a tree has to have colored lights as that is what we have always had.  I think they are the pretiest.
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Post by: Gerianne on December 04, 2011, 08:10:56 am
I like to see colored lights on the outside of the decorated houses. For a tree, I have seen both styles. Either colored lights or white lights can be pretty on a tree. It's the sparkle that makes it look nice.
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Post by: crigal on December 04, 2011, 08:21:02 am
We don't have a tree up but if we did it would have multi colored lights.  That's the only way to go!
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Post by: fogarty815 on December 04, 2011, 08:26:23 am
we use colored lights. Even when we didn't have a tree, we put them up around the ceiling in our living room. It felt cozy and festive!  :cat:
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Post by: acurtsinger2 on December 04, 2011, 09:27:53 am
i like colored on the tree..and whit for decorating outside..i think the white lights show up better outside when its dark out
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Post by: kapeh12 on December 04, 2011, 09:40:42 am
I like both.  I typically wrap a string of white lights as close to the trunk of the tree as possible - this gives the tree a nice inner "glow".  Then I put a string of colored lights on the outer end of the branches to give it some sparkly color.  After the ornaments are on, I add some strands of tinsel - just enough to hide gaps in the tree and reflect the light to make the tree all shimmery (but not so much tinsel that the tree looks like it's pure silver - need to see the green).
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Post by: Ittai on December 05, 2011, 06:41:45 pm
Colored lights :thumbsup:
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Post by: sugarloveytlc on December 05, 2011, 06:55:57 pm
definitely colored!
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Post by: uidiot on December 05, 2011, 07:08:06 pm
i prefer color lights