Straight answers
Christmas light guides
Every question we get asked before someone books, answered properly. No sales pitch, no hedging. If the honest answer is “nobody can quote that over the phone,” the guide says so and then tells you what we do instead.
If you only read two
The season fills from the top, so the two that actually change what happens to you are when to book (which weeks go first and what the last honest install date is) and what a display really costs, which explains our roofline rates and separately priced extras.
The rest are here for when they come up: the HOA letter, the wind forecast, the January takedown, the storefront your neighbour asked you about.
All the guides
Roughly in the order they come up: price, timing, what to hang, how it stays up, and what happens when the season ends.
Christmas light cost per foot
$9.50/ft with our C9 lights; $6.50/ft with yours, without track. What each rate covers and what is priced separately.
When to book
How the season actually fills up, which weeks go first, and what booking early really buys you.
C9 vs mini lights vs permanent
Three very different looks. What each one is good at, and which houses suit which.
Timers and roof-safe clips
The two boring parts of a display that decide whether it looks good and whether your roof survives.
HOA lighting rules
What Orange County boards usually care about, and how to get a display approved without a fight.
Rain, wind and Santa Anas
Why we stop working on a wet roof, what wind does to a display, and how reschedules work.
Takedown in January
What happens in January, why the lights stay ours, and why that makes next season one text.
Commercial lighting
Storefronts, small office buildings and HOA common areas: how a commercial job differs from a house.
Lights on a stucco house
Why we never glue anything to stucco, and how the lights hang on a stucco wall instead.
Christmas lights on palm trees
How we wrap a palm, what a candy-cane palm looks like lit, and how a palm gets quoted.
Should I Light the Hedges as Well as the Roofline?
Compare two real installs, plus how to add hedges or one tree to Basic Roofline.
Christmas lights in the backyard
Pergolas, patios and pool areas: how backyard lights are quoted, with a real pergola job.
What a Christmas light quote includes
What to send us, what comes back, and what the price covers, from your photos to the January takedown.
Christmas light colors
The colors we can put on your roofline, trees and bushes, which ones are special order, and how to ask for a mix.
Plugging in from the garage
If your outlet is inside the garage: what to tell us before a quote, and what is included with our lights.
Renting our lights
Our lights are rented to you for the season: what that includes, and the price if you would rather use your own.
Permanent lights you bought
Already own a permanent roofline kit, like Govee? Why the exact model matters, track or no track, and what to send us.
Wrapping front-yard trees
Trunk and main branches or the whole canopy: what we use on trees, adding one tree to a roofline, and what to send.
How long install takes
A few hours for a roofline, longer for a bigger display: arrival times, being out on install day, the timer, and the takedown.
Icicle lights
Warm white or pure white icicles in place of the C9 bulbs: how they look, how they are priced, what comes with them, and hanging your own.
Pillars and columns
No glue on the stone: how a strap at the top and bottom holds the lights, wrapped pillars or clean edge lines, and how each pillar is priced.
Walkway stake lights
Usually in the lawn or planting bed beside the walk, not on the stone: where stake lights go, how many a walk takes, and how a walkway is priced.
Repairs and replacement bulbs
Yes, with the lights we supply: what season-long maintenance covers, real examples from past seasons, and what changes when the lights are your own.
Still not answered?
The FAQ covers the short questions, the cost page has both price bands with what sits inside each, and every Orange County city page covers what the housing there does to a quote. If none of that has it, text two photos of the front of your house and ask. You get a real answer and a real number back, usually the same day.
Get your quote
Name and phone is enough to start. City and stories make the number tighter. Most quotes come back the same day.