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World Environment Day 2025
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June 5th, 2025
World Environment Day 2025

5th June 2025 marks the 53rd World Environment Day – a day dedicated to highlighting the importance of protecting the planet and providing vital insight on the changes that we can all make to tackle climate change. This year, the overarching theme is focusing on the effects of plastic pollution with an aim of encouraging … Continued

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Alternative Uses for Welcome Lights
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April 2nd, 2025
Alternative Uses for Welcome Lights

Traditionally used to provide additional security and comfort, welcome lights are a go-to throughout the winter season, but did you know they could be so much more? Otherwise referred to as security lights, these small yet powerful lights are often mounted to walls and used to alert homeowners of unexpected movement. But, as the sun … Continued

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Exploring the Magic of RGB and Colour Changing Lights
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April 23rd, 2024
Exploring the Magic of RGB and Colour Changing Lights

In recent years, the demand for colour changing lights has surged. This may be owing to their creative capabilities, flexibility and versatility. In short, people love having options, and what gives you more options than LEDs capable of producing countless colours? These lights have found their way into homes and businesses alike, illuminating spaces with … Continued

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How to wrap Christmas lights around your outdoor trees using ConnectPro®
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November 18th, 2022
How to wrap Christmas lights around your outdoor trees using ConnectPro®

As magical and welcoming as outdoor Christmas lights are, there’s a certain level of stress that’s associated with putting lights in trees – Do I start from the top, or the bottom? What about power? Will my neighbours tree look better?! Decorate your outdoor tree like a Pro At Festive Lights, we understand that it … Continued

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How to hang Christmas lights without nails
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October 27th, 2022
How to hang Christmas lights without nails

The festivities are well and truly creeping up on us and it won’t be long now until the early evenings are lit up with an abundance of twinkling lights – just the way that we like it. As the self-proclaimed gleam team, there’s nothing we love more than walking down the street on a chilly … Continued

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When you Which? upon a star
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October 10th, 2022
When you Which? upon a star

We’re incredibly proud that our best-selling ConnectPro® Outdoor Christmas LED String Lights have been awarded Which? Best Buy accreditation for 2021, meaning that they’re officially a Which? endorsed product! With an industry-leading 2-year warranty, durable rubber cabling, and innovative bulb sealing technology, they were bound to be on the Good List, weren’t they? Which? said, … Continued

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Solar Lights: All of your questions answered
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February 17th, 2022
Solar Lights: All of your questions answered

Stylish, ambient garden lighting that doesn’t make even a slight dint in your electricity bill? Be gone mains power supply and the constant hassle of replacing batteries, say hello to our solar lights!  Our LED solar lights are one of our favourite ways to make those long summer nights in your garden, bright and beautiful!  … Continued

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How many lights do I need on an outdoor tree?
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January 20th, 2022
How many lights do I need on an outdoor tree?

Have you ever wondered how to wrap a tree, and how many outdoor lights you might need, but don’t know where to start? Whether you’re a mathematical genius or someone who’s simply the best at educated guesses, getting the right number of lights for your tree can seem like a daunting task. The style of … Continued

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How to install Christmas lights on an outdoor tree with our ConnectGo lights
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November 9th, 2021
How to install Christmas lights on an outdoor tree with our ConnectGo lights

A question we get asked a lot here at Festive Lights is “how do I install lights on an outdoor tree for Christmas?” In the video below we are going to show you exactly how to achieve this popular look using our versatile ConnectGo® lights. Exclusive to Festive Lights, our ConnectGo® connectable lights system has … Continued

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4 ways to install Christmas lights on an outdoor tree
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November 15th, 2020
4 ways to install Christmas lights on an outdoor tree

If you are either an outdoor tree lighting novice, or experienced pro who’s been doing this for years, hopefully this guide will be able to assist you and give you a fresh look on how outdoor tree lighting can be installed. So far in the office we have come up with four ways, which are … Continued

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How many lights do you need for a 4-10ft Christmas tree?
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November 20th, 2018
How many lights do you need for a 4-10ft Christmas tree?

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the beautiful twinkle of fairy lights, transforming your home into a winter wonderland. Ever wondered just how many Christmas lights you need for your tree? We’ve created this guide to give you an indication of both the length and number of bulbs needed to dress your 5ft, 6ft or 7ft … Continued

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How many lights do you need for a 10-40ft Christmas tree?
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November 20th, 2018
How many lights do you need for a 10-40ft Christmas tree?

It can be a daunting task to dress a large, commercial Christmas tree. Thankfully we’ve created this guide to give an indication of how many lights you might require on your 10ft, 20ft, 30ft or even 40ft Christmas tree. If you instead want to know how many lights you need on a smaller, domestic tree, … Continued

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What is IP Rating for Outdoor Lights?
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March 5th, 2018
What is IP Rating for Outdoor Lights?

Ingress Protection ‘IP’ ratings are used to define levels of sealing effectiveness of electrical enclosures against intrusion from foreign bodies, tools, dirt and moisture. This international classification system, when considering outdoor lighting, largely refers to how waterproof a set of lights, or lighting accessory is. Please see the table below, featuring an example definition of … Continued

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How to install lights on a wooden fence
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November 29th, 2017
How to install lights on a wooden fence

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

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Spring Cottage – Wedding Lighting Case Study
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August 25th, 2017
Spring Cottage – Wedding Lighting Case Study

Spring Cottage, a rural wedding and café venue situated in the scenic moorland setting of Rivington, Lancashire, has overcome the challenge of how to stand out as one of the region’s most unique wedding locations. Purchased by Judith Gilgun in May 2016, the business is run by her daughters, Rosie Thomson and Jennie Seddon, and … Continued

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PapaKåta Case Study
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July 19th, 2017
PapaKåta Case Study

The company Established in 2006, PapaKåta is based in York, Scotland and Henley-on-Thames and has delivered more than 2,000 events across the UK. The firm is also an exclusive supplier of original Sperry sailcloth tents, which are handcrafted in Massachusetts and an icon of the Hamptons wedding and party scene. They aim to go above … Continued

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