Experts weigh in on the best lighting strategies to employ if you'd like your home to rival that of the Griswold family
Photo: courtesy of Warner Bros. The first time someone decided to hang little lights on a pine tree that was chopped down and carried inside a home was in December 1882, when Edward Johnson, vice-president of the Edison Electric Light Company, wrapped a hand-wired strand of 80 colored light bulbs around his Christmas tree. It probably looked beautiful, even if it was a terrible fire hazard.
In Young’s case, “we use about 300,000 individual bulbs and it’s probably about 20,000 total feet of wiring,” he says. While you don’t need to use that many bulbs on your house to make an impression, there are other tips from the pros that will help you have a beautiful display. The most important is this: Symmetry is key. You don’t want your work to look haphazard.
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