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Pre-Lit Christmas Trees for Your Holiday Cabin Retreat

R Neck of the Woods Cabin
North Georgia Mountains

Pre-Lit Christmas Trees are the perfect decorative touch to Christmas cabin retreats. Many families and couples choose the quiet mountain solace of a log cabin for their Christmas holiday vacations, and adding a Christmas tree transforms a beautiful cabin retreat into a magical Christmas cabin. It is important, however, to choose the right tree for the perfect cabin environment.

The TruTip Canadian Fir prelit artificial Christmas tree is my recommendation as that perfect tree. The 4.5'H tree would be the best choice - it would take up only a small amount of space, and can be decorated with many less ornaments. These are important factors when spending the holidays away from home. It can be very difficult to pack and unpack the large amount of ornaments it would take to adorn a taller tree, and many families choose to still put up their trees at home, even if they plan on traveling Christmas Day. A taller tree also fits in a much larger box or storage bag, so trying to pack the tree itself is much more difficult if the tree is large. Cabins are often professionally decorated, and it may be difficult to find room to put up a 7.5' or 9' tree. Choosing a 4.5' tree allows less ornaments to be packed, and less room to be used.

Canadian Fir Tip Detail

The Canadian Fir is prelit with clear mini lights for a festive glow, which eliminates the hassle of wrapping strings around the tree. The Canadian Fir carries the TruTip trademark, which promises the most realistic and natural looking tips and needles by using PE and PVC construction. Its trunks and branches are covered with imitation bark, giving the tree an elegant and rustic quality. If you are dreaming of a holiday cabin retreat this year, don't forget to bring along the perfect Christmas tree to complete your dream vacation. With Christmas Day falling on a Saturday this year, cabin rentals will get reserved quickly, so don't wait too late!

Brown Bear Bungalow Cabin
Blue Sky Cabin Rentals, North GA Mountains

Rope Light Decorating Ideas

Rope Lights used in Belfast

Rope light is extremely versatile in its uses and applications. Rope lights can be used indoors and outdoors, and in residential and commercial environments. Rope lights are used in parades, boats, and floats, as well as in cars.

Quality rope lights consist of incandescent bulbs constructed of pure Tungsten filaments encased in crystal clear PVC tubing. LED rope light is also available, which uses energy saving, longer lasting light emitting diodes instead of the traditional filaments. The colors in rope lights come from the bulbs, and the bulbs light up to color the clear tubes. Rope light is available in either shorter kits in lengths from 12' - 30', or longer 150' - 200' spools which can be cut at specific intervals to complete any variety of projects.

Rope lights are common in holiday decorating and are often used to outline commercial and government buildings, houses, schools and churches. Rope lights have uses that extend far beyond exterior holiday lighting. Custom builders use rope lighting as part of their interior design, and homeowners can as well. Tray ceilings, cabinets, and cutouts serve as perfect canvases for rope light. Accent lighting in these areas of a room add depth and emotion to a room, creating stunning visual appeal.

Rope Lights in Tray Ceiling

Rope light looks great outdoors on decks and in pool areas. Add some ambient lighting for late night dinners, entertaining, and safety. Stairs can be highlighted with rope light as they are in theaters and gyms, so people can easily move about and see where they are going.

Rope Lights on Deck

Truly unique decorators can continue to find additional uses for their rope lights. We have seen pictures of people tucking rope light into their Christmas trees for a modern holiday theme, as well as attaching to frames to create motifs such as snowmen, wreaths, and even detailed arches or toy truck motifs. Rope light can frame business signs, wrap around columns, outline gardens, or shoot up tall trees. Numerous controllers and accessories can be used with rope light to create chasing effects, and to cut, splice, and suction tubes as needed. Specialty rope lights can be flat in shape, or square tubes instead of round, extra bright, and even striped. Colors range from white to black, with every color in between, and LED rope lights include popular colors like blue and pink.

Rope Lights in Tree

Slim Christmas Trees For Modern Homes

Slim Christmas Trees have always been popular in smaller homes and apartments. In today's world, even large homes are getting designed with numerous small rooms, and furniture is increasing in size at the same time. The end result is less room for large Christmas trees when the holidays roll around. Slim Christmas trees are now making their way into even the most lavish of homes, whether as the main Christmas tree or as a decorative accent tree.

Slim Christmas trees are ideal for modern homes. With clean lines and bold colors, slim Christmas trees take up little space, and are suitable for both colorful and minimalist environments. Choose from traditional green trees in slender and pencil thin profiles, or choose from colors including red, silver, and gold.

Christmas Ornaments Make Keepsakes

Christmas Ornaments make beautiful keepsakes. The craft of designing ornaments is still being practiced by many, including Wisconsin's own Mora Himel Lincoln. Mora reached 100 years this summer, and to celebrate her good health and life, she held a party. Her guests included her closest friends and family, and each was gifted with a hand decorated Christmas ball ornament to commemorate the occasion.

Once a teacher of Japanese flower arranging, one can only imagine what creative skills Mora has applied to her holiday decorating throughout the years. Each ornament she designed for her guests was uniquely different, with fine details including beads and ribbon. The skill and patience it takes to craft such timeless beauties is hopefully a talent that has been passed down through the generations. How rare and pleasurable it is to see such creativity and beauty reflected, and how amazing that each keepsake began as just a glass ball ornament painted in white.

Christmas Ornaments designed by Mora Himel Lincoln

Mora Himel Lincoln

Artificial Christmas Trees are Missed in Summer

Artificial Christmas Trees are the staple of the holiday season, and just thinking about their lighted charm gets any Christmas enthusiast eager for the cool weather to come again. It is hard to resist holiday shopping during long, hot summer months. Beautiful prelit artificial Christmas trees stare out from within the monitor, boasting rich colors and the promises of ornaments to once again pull out. How sad it seems to hide such a beauty inside of a canvas storage bag for so many months out of the year. It takes a commitment to holiday cheer to sit back and purposely not serve a standing rib roast to guests, or pull out the new LED Christmas lights from last year for just a quick peak.

Many summertime Scrooges will laugh off the love of the holiday season, stressing the need to keep it packed away and closed along with the holiday movies, wrapping paper, tree toppers, and decorations. Some Scrooges think they are caving in by allowing decorations to come out at the beginning of November, abiding by a strict "Not until after Halloween" rule. Ba-humbug!

A well lit tree casts a special glow throughout a room. Knowing the tree will come out of its storage bag in just under four months makes missing the tree just a little more tolerable. In the event that this is the year that a new tree will be purchased, go ahead and shop early for great deals and the best selection. Decorating time may be four months away, but shopping season is rapidly approaching! Even Scrooges will be browsing for their artificial Christmas trees once pool season ends.

Christmas Lights To Use All Year

Christmas Lights are one of the best lighting sources for parties, celebrations, restaurants, outdoor bars and patios, and weddings. Christmas lights work far beyond the last quarter of each year, and colors are available for any occasion.

The most common Christmas lights to see throughout the year are mini lights, and these are often clear lights on a green, brown, or white strand. Mini lights are used in weddings, and wrapped around arbors and centerpieces for ambient, beautiful backdrops. Aside from mini lights, many uses can be made out of C7 and C9 bulbs and strings. Purchasing bulbs and strings separately offers years of flexibility in lighting. The bulb colors for the holidays can be the traditional red, green, and white, but what about the rest of the year? Sporting events are a great occasion for bringing out the color bulbs in support of the teams of choice. Bulbs are available in teal, purple, and even yellow. Pink lights are great for Valentine's Day, blue lights for pool parties, and orange lights for Halloween.

Another great lighting option to be enjoyed through the year are garland lights, which illuminate decks and create an inviting environment for friends and family to want to hang out and relax on peaceful summer nights. Christmas lights bring warmth to any environment, and help to liven up any event.