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Christmas Lights.

daydream**believer — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:40:36 GMT

We are going all out this year. Lots of lights to hang, but im struggling to find the right clips to hang rope lights on a gutter.

Anyone else hang rope lights? What cips do you use to hang them on your gutters?

Re: Christmas Lights.

flashie* — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:15:13 GMT

We do Christmas Lights.

Hubby uses gutter clips...........this year he bought them from Target..............$6.00 for 100

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daydream**believer — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:28:43 GMT

thanks flashie

Wil they hold the rope light though?

Like this

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flashie* — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:39:11 GMT

I would have thought so.

We use our clips to hold a similar rope light to the gutters.

Re: Christmas Lights.

daydream**believer — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:16:32 GMT

thanks flashie.

Very excited to be putting lights up for the first time

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lloydslights — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:12:22 GMT

I hope you have some able bodied responsible person climbing the ladder.

DEB

PS Not my piccie. The subject looks like a "dummy".

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imastawka — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:18:14 GMT

Don't need gutter clips for this one -

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imastawka — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:20:33 GMT

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lloydslights — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:21:53 GMT

No, but a gutter would prevent overspray downbelow.

Have fun with the lighting DDB. They bring a little bit of 'magic' to this world.

DEB

Re: Christmas Lights.

daydream**believer — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:00:50 GMT

Put up half the lights yesterday before it started pouring with rain.

I gotta say.... they look amazing.

Hubby was out all day yesterday and got home at 10pm and when we put the lights on to show him, he was amazed at what a great job i'd done.

Took me 6 hours.

Will do the rest next weekend and then have the official turning on of the lights on Nov 29th

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bushies.girl — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:05:22 GMT

Will look great DDB, )

Re: Christmas Lights.

2106greencat — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:30:43 GMT

Your littlies will love it, well done for getting in the spirit DDB.

Please put pics here when ready, I am too old to clamber around on a ladder, but I usually string the drop down ones from my balcony and it just looks nice and makes you feel a part of it all.

Re: Christmas Lights.

icyfroth — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:59:02 GMT

@daydream**believer wrote:
Put up half the lights yesterday before it started pouring with rain.
I gotta say.... they look amazing.
Hubby was out all day yesterday and got home at 10pm and when we put the lights on to show him, he was amazed at what a great job i'd done.
Took me 6 hours.
Will do the rest next weekend and then have the official turning on of the lights on Nov 29th

Looking forward to a pic, DDB.

The Hillsong Church across the road is going all out this year as well.

They've put up a huge frame in the shape of a Christmas tree with strings of light coming down. Facing the other side of the road they've put up a little cluster of three.

Two blokes in a cherrypicker each have been hanging lights in all the trees in the grounds since yesterday. I can't wait to see it when it's finished, it'll look amazing!

I'll have to drive by of a nighttime to see it, of course.

I'm surprised they'd use a pagan symbol like the Christmas tree.

The 7th day Adventists in Carlingford always put up a beautiful life-sized Nativity.

This is the most trouble they've gone to and it's only a couple of years ago they put any decorations up at all.

In previous years they put up little plywood cut-out trees in red and white and a little nativity which kept blowing over in the wind.

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imastawka — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:36:49 GMT

Not my pic - I don't go 'all out' like this ^^

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lloydslights — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:41:34 GMT

The house up the street opposite my house has that flickering light effect everynight. They turn off the house lights and leave the TV on.

DEB

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imastawka — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:00:36 GMT

If they leave their blinds open, sneak one of these onto the window

Maybe they'll learn to close them

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daydream**believer — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:26:21 GMT

Still got more lights to put up this weekend, then i'll post pictures

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lloydslights — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:45:30 GMT

A few lights around our area now. Nothing spectacular, yet.

How about your place and area.

DEB

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2106greencat — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:15:34 GMT

Every time I see this thread title I see 'how to string lights on a (gutter) guitar

Need new glasses

Re: Christmas Lights.

daydream**believer — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:00:20 GMT

put more lights up on the weekend.

Not officially turning them on till this coming weekend but will post pics once we do