Things You'll Need:
- Christmas lights
- Hooks
- Ladder (if needed)
- Family or friends willing to help
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Step 1
Before the winter or holiday season even hits, start to think about what you want to do outside for your Christmas lights. If you live in a very cold and snowy climate, plan on beginning this process in late August or early September when the weather is still nice. If you're planning on hanging icicle lights around the top of the house, screw in hooks right under the roof area--that way the lights can be put up in a matter of minutes and there's no way you'll staple through the wire. If you're planning on hanging lights around the porch or deck, the same can be done.
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Step 2
No one really likes to hang Christmas lights when it's cold and miserable, so consider hanging the lights in October or November before it's extremely cold and snowy outside. Once they are hung, all you have to do when the holidays come is install the timer and turn them on.
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Step 3
Once you are ready to hang the lights, make this into a family project by getting the kids involved by letting them untangle the lights while you are up hanging them. The lights are easy to hang with the hooks in place. Just slip the wire over the hook and they'll stay in place without staples that could go through the wire.
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Step 4
Hooks may get rusted after awhile and need to be replaced, but at least you won't have to go through the process every year of rehanging hooks. Leave them up and make it easy to hang lights year after year.
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