DIY Season for Lights host Randall Taylor visits the Country Christmas store and talks with Ronnie Meyers about different lights you can use in decorating for the holidays. - You can use the eight-function multi-set indoors or outdoors (figure A). There is a combination of sequences you can push, and whatever sequence you set will remain that way until you change it again. (Note: You can tell whether lights are to be used indoors or outdoors by checking the box: the information should be clearly marked.)
- Chasing lights (figure B) can be used indoors or outdoors. They also have different functions and colors.
- Musical bells (figure C) are for indoor use. They have different functions also, in addition to the option of turning the music off, and you can lower or raise the volume of the music. These are great for decoration.
- Country Christmas offers a 36-inch wreath (figure D) for indoor or outdoor use; it has red chasing lights that you can control.
- You can purchase lights (figure E) that slide over your lights in order to give them a different look. They hold securely in place and come in a variety of designs.
- Winter Lights are balls that you can use inside or outside: each features a drain hole in the bottom so that moisture can escape when they are used outdoors. There is a hook inside the cover itself to which you can attach the light (figure F), securing it from the wind. The covers protect your lights and give an added appearance of larger lights.
Taylor next visits Melissa Murphy at the Christmas Factory, where Murphy demonstrates how to put lights on a wire-frame silhouette. - The wire-frame silhouettes (figure G) are made of steel; they have been bent, welded and then treated and painted to keep them weatherproof. Most are hand-bent, although some machinery is used for features such as kinks. You can purchase them with or without lights (some people prefer to do their own lighting).
- To attach your own lights, use regular standard Christmas lights -- miniature, C7, or C9. Lay them down with the frame and wrap them with strapping tape (figure H). You can stand them up, but it gives a much neater appearance if you lay them down with the frame. Space the lights however you desire. The tape should last a good four to five seasons. Once the tape starts to yellow, it will still hold; just add another piece of tape around it.
- To connect the end to your power source, snip it and twist it together with a snap-on plug (or you can use a regular extension cord and snip off the female end of it); put a wire nut on the end (figure I).
GUESTS :
Melissa Murphy
Store Owner
c/o Christmas Factory
1805 Winnfield Dunn, Hwy. 66
Sevierville, TN 37876
Phone: 865-453-0599
Toll-free Phone: 888-453-0599
Fax: 865-453-9204
Email: lightup@christmasfactory.com
Website: www.christmasfactory.com
Ronnie Meyers
Store Manager
Country Christmas
3044 Winfield Dunn Pkwy.
Kodak, TN 37764
Phone: 865-933-9115
Tollfree Phone: 888-314-0173
Fax: 865-932-4455
Website: www.countrychristmasonline.com
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