They are inexpensive, easy to store and install, safe, colorful, use low-power LED bulbs, and, most important, send a welcoming message. I’m talking about holiday window lights, which might be all you need to decorate your house’s exterior for Christmas or whatever December holidays you celebrate. This is the second year I have displayed them in my upstairs windows (see photo).
I’m going to dodge the comment that I’m taking the easy way out. That’s the idea. Window lights are installed from the inside so there’s no more working on ladders in the cold and rain or driving nails into fascia boards. I have done that in the past while hanging strings of lights along the eaves and attaching Christmas Done Bright displays to the siding. I’m not lazy, just older and more practical.
Of course, there isn’t going to be the wow factor that comes with decorating your home’s exterior like it belongs on “Candy Cane Lane.” Those homes display thousands of lights, sometimes blast out complementing music, and often get hundreds of gawkers driving by every evening. I only care how my house looks to visitors and guests, not to strangers. If it says the holidays are coming and you are welcome to come in, I think that’s enough. But don’t call me a grinch. Put up all the exterior lights you want.
The first time I noticed holiday window lights was during a bike ride last year. There were four of them, each in a separate window, in a house in Chico. To me they looked classy, simple, and elegant. I quickly followed suit, purchasing my window lights from a vendor on Amazon. There were so many to choose from. The same house in Chico is also displaying them this year.
Here’s one bit of advice: The suction cups included with the lights don’t work so plan on devising an alternate method to hang them. After they failed multiple times, I put a screw in the upper edge of each window casing and attached the lights to it.
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