Christmas is well and truly here, so we’ve put together a list of all our favourite trends for Christmas 2017. Homemade Christmas Christmas has always been a time to get stuck in when it comes to being creative, but this year we definitely think we’ve seen a rise, not only in homemade gifts, but in homemade decorations too. … Continued

At Festive Lights, unsurprisingly, we get asked lots and lots of lighting related questions; one that gets asked a lot is, how do I install my lights on a brick wall? Well, not one to leave you in the dark (see what we did there) we thought we’d do a quick instructional video showing you … Continued

Merry Christmas everyone! Today, I’m going to show you how to add bling-bling to your Christmas dining table with the help of festive-lights.com.    As an interior stylist, I decorate Christmas several times a year for magazines and TV shows.  Over the years, I’ve picked up decorating styling tricks to spice up your Christmas table with unique … Continued

At Festive Lights, we get asked lots of questions about lighting, especially how to fix lights to different surfaces. One question that gets asked a lot is, how do I install lights on a wooden fence? If this is something you’d like to know more about, then you’re in luck! Take a couple of moments … Continued

Festive Lights are coming to town! We’re back!!! If you’ve been following our blogs for the last few years, you’ll know that one of the highlights of our year (behind Christmas jumper day) has to be making our way down to the Ideal Home Show in Manchester. This year we’ll be there from the 9th … Continued

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and there’s nothing that gets us feeling more festive than a Christmas market. Whether it marks the start of our Christmas shopping, or just gives us an excuse to wrap up in our winter coats, we can’t think of anywhere we’d rather spend our time this winter … Continued

Looking for a bit of seasonal inspiration? Open the door to our little festive world and find all the trends, products and inspiration you need to make Christmas 2017 your best Christmas yet. So grab yourself a hot chocolate and a blanket and have a flick through for some of our favourite baubles, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, … Continued

Let’s cast our minds back and take a moment to remember the recurring scene: Christmas is round the corner and your trusty box of lights, decorations and all things festive… they’re not just messy, they’re knotted beyond saving. Now let’s try and avoid that next year. Tangled Christmas lights are right up there, in the frustration … Continued

Here at Festive Lights, we’re all massive Christmas fans – we can’t wait to pick out our tree, get the lights hung and keep our fingers crossed for the ever elusive white Christmas. But we understand that for those that are pressed for time or space and working on a budget at this festive time … Continued

Polyethylene trees, better known by the abbreviated title ’PE’ trees, are a type of artificial Christmas tree that are made with a superior quality of material, modelled from real tree branches. The polyethylene is injected into tree branch moulds in order to maximise the realism of the trees, giving them a thicker, fuller appearance and … Continued

They have become an integral part of many people’s modern Christmas experience, and we’ve created a very successful living out of it! But who decided to invent Christmas lights? The craze began when Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, created the first strand of electrical light string in 1880. By 1882 he’d decided … Continued

So we all know someone who loves Christmas but what about those people who go all out every December? Well as lighting specialists we knew a few… so we got in touch with some of our favourite customers with the biggest displays to understand what’s involved and why they do it! The First Christmas display … Continued

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 Because he had low “elf” esteem! Share on Twitter What happened to the man who stole an Advent Calendar?
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Whilst we do admit to being lighting specialists, our Christmas Tree range is also one of the largest in the UK. Although most families opt for the traditional looking Artificial Green Tree, we have many other modern options that could be used for either your home or garden. In fact by having such a large … Continued

After the interest in our last blog profiling a large Christmas lighting display, we thought we’d do it again with another of our favourite customers. This time we wanted to do something a little different though and conducted an interview of sorts (albeit by email). The Muldowney family live in Ireland and have been creating … Continued

Following on from our profiles of the Tipping Family Lights and the Muldowney Christmas Lights, we’ve been in touch with another long time Festive Lights customer, Daniel Buckingham. Daniel runs Margam animated light show in Southampton. His light show includes over 25,000 lights set to music! This year in conjunction with dig deep fundraising, Dan’s … Continued