Q&A for How to Put up Christmas Lights Outside

First, make sure that it's ground-fault protected, weather-resistant and tamper-resistant. It needs to be in a weatherproof electrical box and have a cover. It should be the type of cover that allows the cord to be plugged in and the cover closed over it.

Yes, that is fine, as long as the lights and cords have a good insulator, such as plastic, or rubber.

You might be using too much energy to charge the lights. Try reducing the number of Christmas lights per power source.

It would be not safe because they are plugged in to your house and could shock you or cut out your power.

Usually, you would put your Christmas lights up before any of the other decorations.

You could use both, but make sure that the power strip is an outdoor power strip.

First, eliminate as many outdoor connections as possible. Buying longer extension cords might seem frivolous, but they can be used in warmer months for outdoor appliances. Wrap all connections with electrical tape. Cover the connectors and the seam with several layers of electrical tape to keep out light precipitation. This should also ensure that connections don’t wriggle loose. Raise all connections 12 inches above the ground to ensure that small amounts of standing water or snow can’t breach the connection. Periodically check connections to make sure they are still snug and dry. Consider covering connections with an overturned plastic bucket. but remember that water may flow under the bucket.

Yes, it's safe as long as you make sure to purchase lights with a good insulator.

You buy special clips which attach to the gutters. Usually they are universal and also attach to the roof shingles.

Yes. It's the switch you plug the lights into that controls whether the lights are on or off. So if you connect that switch to your music control panel, you can set the lights to chase the beat, twinkle, flash, anything really.

Yes, of course! You can plug them in anywhere you want. But I have a little suggestion: Don’t plug it in the whole night because the temperature inside the circuit may get to high and burn and catch on fire!

You can put light drops of glue on the string and stick it above or around the window without having it show. Make sure it’s removable glue though.

Make sure the box states "Outdoor" lights only since that's waterproof electrical lines. You can use a staple gun to string up the lights. Or you can get those clips with nails to hammer them up outside on a permanent bases. Start from the plug outlet first, that way you won't end up short.

You could try gluing them up there with that crazy glue product. It will take some time to get it to stick up there so you might need to hold them in place one at time.