Christmas Decorations Outdoors

Everyone is familiar with the tradition of stringing up outdoor Christmas lights. That's still a great way to decorate the exterior of a home. We can assume you can hook some lights around your windows, so here are some twists to your outdoor decorations.

A string of colored lights wrapped around the pine tree in the front yard is fine. However, you can also take advantage of more modern technology. Add a holographic snowman to your lawn to spice up the yard and be a bit different than the neighbors. These simple devices will project a snowman image in 3-D anywhere you want. You can walk all around the display to see the snowman in various Christmas colors.

Something new this year is LED lighting technology. You may have heard of this environmentally safe and energy efficient solution for everyday home uses. Well now there is a solution for holiday decorating as well. Visit HolidayLEDs.com and replace your outdated lights with LED holiday lighting that can save you approximately $150 on your energy bill during the holiday season and be your contribution to the environment as well.

The next step would be to add some motion to the scene. This outdoor Christmas decoration can be anything from simple colored lights to complete video. You can light up an outdoor bush or project a scene onto the garage door. You can even project a twinkling angel decoration or Santa Claus himself on the top of the house.

The Nativity scene is a holiday favorite and still works well in many decorating schemes. Spruce it up a little by adding some spray-on snow if you don't live in a climate that provides the real thing or because that white Christmas just didn't come this year. Add some realistic touches by putting down small clumps of straw inside and outside the manger. Little things like this take minor effort and cost, but really make it stand out with the spirit of the holiday.

Unfortunately, we need to mention that the more elaborate your scene, the more you may want to invest in some security. Devices such as a buried wire alarm systems can alert you to unwanted visitors getting too close in the night. More simply, just illuminating your lawn with some night-timed lighting with deter vandals if they fear neighbors or you could see them.

Mailboxes are also the perfect opportunity to show off your creativity. You can go for traditional ribbons and bows or spruce it up with store-bought mailbox covers. Use ice crystals you would normally put around windows here too. If you have the type of mailbox that just screws to the post, you can go all out and swap your everyday mailbox with a special holiday one. By purchasing the standard, inexpensive black box, and a little paint, your holiday mail can arrive in a gingerbread home decorated appropriately.

For some other outdoor decorating ideas, place a white or colored light in the center of the wreath and hang it from the mailbox. You can run the wire down the pole and along a thin extension cord to the lawn lights. Or, use a solar-powered light that stores up energy during the day and releases it at night.

If you have trees or bushes in the yard you have plenty of opportunities to decorate in traditional or unusual ways. Strings of lights work fine. Faux-icicles are still a great favorite. But be creative and use some miniature figurines to make your design unique. Tiny figures from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas are an idea.

Even the lawn itself can be a huge canvas. Light strings, solar lights in the shape of a wreath, some special glow-in-the-dark paint of the type that washes away after a few weeks.... The list of possibilities is bound only by your imagination. So have fun, you, your neighbors and your visitors will all be able to enjoy the spirit of the Christmas holiday through your outdoor Christmas decorations.

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