If you want your house to look the part at Christmas and make sure you can enjoy the Christmas period to the absolute maximum then having Christmas lights up is essential. There is no doubt that lights in the house at Christmas time turn it into a magical place that not only your children will love, but you will too. Fairy lights and other lights can provide that grotto effect that signals Christmas is approaching and all the fun and festivities that go along with it.

Any type of light strung up in the house can help bring the Christmas spirit into the home. From simple fairy lights to rope lights around the tree trunks in the garden, there are many types of lights you can use. It is possible to buy some lights that have been designed with casings that are angels or stars or other Christmas icons, but the overall effect is just as good with plain lights.

Outside the home there is a lot of opportunity to decorate the garden. Tress, bushes and plants can all benefit from being lit up or being draped with fairy lights. There are a whole range of multi-effect lights you can buy that can twinkle, flash or provide other types of lighting effects. They can be intertwined around the branches of trees or even wrapped around the tree trunks. Lights can be used as a border around the windows and doors of the home, or even the garden shed can be lit up! There is no end to what you can do with the garden to provide a Christmas landscape you are sure to remember.

Inside the house you can use fairy lights to wrap around mirrors and pictures or use to wrap around the banisters. In the kitchen lights can dangle over the shelves and cupboards and run along the tops of cupboards. When hanging them in the kitchen, take care not to get them tangled up with any cupboards or drawers because opening them up could become troublesome. Also make sure they are not placed anywhere near the sink which can be dangerous.

Children love to decorate their bedrooms at Christmas time. What better way to decorate them than with fairy lights dotted around. As well as paper chains, you can even have a small tree placed in each room. Just make sure you have enough lights to go around and Christmas decorations too! Having good quality lights on the Christmas tree is absolutely vital. You don't want to go to all the trouble of putting up and decorating a lovely tree only to find out that the lights aren't working or don't look quite right. If you have a large tree then you need large lights on it. If you have a very small tree then small lights look best. Also try and use the larger lights and decorations at the bottom of the tree and make them smaller as they get nearer to the top. This is the most successful formula for decorating a Christmas tree.

Christmas just wouldn't be the same without a whole range of Christmas lights scattered around the house. It is important to bring festivity into the home at Christmas time so you can get the most out of it. If you have children especially you need to go that extra mile at Christmas time and that means decorating with lights wherever possible.

With so many different types of christmas lights available you can really have fun with them, creating just the right look. There are battery lights available for places where there are no plug sockets and there are plenty of curtain lights too. Make sure you spend a few hours decorating the house with fairy lights each year and you won't regret it.