The Best Artificial Christmas Trees Boast PE and PVC Tips

Christmas Lights Etc takes care in the craftsmanship of its Christmas trees and decorations, working diligently to ensure families and friends will receive great joy in setting up and decorating their Christmas tree and home year after year. The family Christmas tree is considered by most Americans to be the main focal point for holiday decorating and family events, including the location to place Christmas gifts and stand beside for family pictures. With this in mind, it is important to display a tree that is top of the line in quality and appearance, while meeting individual preferences.

Hawthorne Tip

The selection of Premium Artificial Christmas Trees at Christmas Lights Etc includes popular trees like the Brighton Fir, with long needles and numerous tree profiles, and the lightly frosted Hawthorne tree with red berries and small pine cones. These trees are beautiful and grace the living rooms and dens in Christmas homes across the United States, with coordinating wreaths and garland on mantles and doors. The Tiffany tree boasts an elegant profile, and the Douglas tree is prepared to hold as many ornaments as a family is willing to try and get on a single tree.

Fraser Fir Tip

The TruTip brand of artificial Christmas trees continue to offer the best in true tip construction with PVC tips and PE inner needles, and the selection of TruTip trees grows each year. The Noble tree goes above and beyond realism, with flat sprays and lifelike symmetry. The Noble tree also has just a hint of a blue hue, which is reminiscent to the original spruce and evergreen trees that were used for Christmas trees long ago. The Fraser Fir is the best selling tree to date, with heights from 4.5' - 12', and now also available with frosted tips or LED lights. The Carolina Fir TruTip tree offers a beautiful rustic appearance which makes it ideal for use in lodges and cabins as well as modern homes.

Premium trees are constructed using PE for a crush resistant needle, and have a realistic appearance and rich tree color. The TruTip brand of trees use poly vinyl carbonate in tip and needle construction, resulting in trees that look and feel extremely natural. Combining polyethylene inner tips with poly vinyl carbonate outer tips reduces costs for the customer. Both Premium and TruTip trees use sturdy metal hinged branches and offer ten year warranties on construction and three years on lights. Gone are the days of poorly constructed trees with metal wires poking through branches and skinny plastic needles. Artificial Christmas Trees from Christmas Lights Etc truly put the trees on store shelves to shame, and boast the best in looks and quality.

July 4th Decorations

July 4th decorations help spark up Independence Day. The 4th of July is a day lit up with Patriotic Decorations, from American flags and patriotic banners to fireworks and starlit spheres. This year we Americans celebrate our 333rd year of independence from Great Britain, commemorated through the Declaration of Independence which was signed in 1776.

John Adams, one of the founding fathers and whose signature also appears on the Declaration, wrote the following to his wife the day the declaration was signed,

"I am apt to believe that (today) will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."

John Adams was correct in his beliefs, as evidenced by centuries of patriotic American tradition. It's 2009, and the 4th of July is still a day for picnics, parades, parties, and games. Patriotic decorations such as Rope Light American Flags and red, white, and blue umbrella lights illuminate the night sky while citizens of all ages dress in matching red, white, and blue dresses, hats, and shirts, and flock to beaches, bar-be-ques, and state parks. Patriotic music plays loud, and everyone rejoices across the great United States in honor of our freedom. So put up your Patriotic Decorations, throw some chicken on the grill, and light up some sparklers in celebration of Independence Day!

Christmas in July Offers Cool Escape

Christmas in July offers the perfect escape from rising summer temperatures. During the "Dog Days of Summer", people often crave the warmth brought through the baking of comforting winter roasts and cakes, and the red and green decorations of the holiday season. The desire to have just a taste of the gift giving season of love keeps Christmas in July alive every year.

Christmas in July festivities pop up throughout the world every year, celebrated on various days throughout the month. Concerts like the Youth Chorus Concert during the Carmel Bach Festival in Carmel, CA are performed, bringing the beautiful sounds of Christmas carols to crowds of Christmas-starved folks, and Christmas dinner is served as a three course meal at Olivewood in Australia.

As with any holiday, Christmas in July has its origins. Credits to the first Christmas in July celebration are given to a girls summer camp in 1933. At Camp Keystone in North Carolina, a Christmas tree was set up, gifts were given and received, and there was even a special visit from Santa Claus himself!

Christmas in July is a time of celebration and rejoicing, just as the traditional Christmas on December 25th. Most of the artificial Christmas trees that are set up in July are pre-lit trees with only a small amount of ornaments, if any at all. Tabletop trees are also very popular, because they are an easy Christmas decoration to set up and take down within a short period of time. Some people like to decorate just as they would during the winter, complete with wreaths and garland, although it is rare to see a home strung with Christmas lights while lighted reindeer pose on the front lawn! Meals typically end with refreshingly cold ice cream.