Last Christmas, our entire family was hit with a virus, and we had to forgo our holiday gatherings with extended family. The kids were so disappointed, as were Robert and me.
So we donned our festive pajamas, made to-go cups of hot cocoa, cranked up the Christmas carols, and drove around to enjoy an impromptu holiday light tour. It was the perfect free, no-contact way to cheer us up on our lonelier-than-usual Christmas Eve.
That special memory along with our new front door makeover
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Outdoor Christmas Lawn Ideas That Don’t Require a Ladder
We really didn’t feel comfortable climbing two stories on a ladder to hang lights from our roof. And we really didn’t want to spend $1,000 to hire a holiday light hanging contractor.
So we used outdoor holiday light displays and some decorating hacks that considered our aversion of heights.
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If you want some outdoor Christmas decor ideas using lighted displays, here are some no-ladder-required Christmas yard decorations you can easily install yourself.
I can’t get over how great of a deal this front door Christmas decor set
Because our door is so large with the transom and sidelights, I did have to beef up the garland with 2 extra pre-lit garland strands
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These lighted twig trees are so magical! Perfect for flanking a porch for some symmetry. They anchor right into the ground so you don’t have to worry about them blowing over.
Avoid climbing on a ladder by mounting these battery operated fairy lights
I attached the light strands right to the glass with some clear shipping tape. The windows are so charming framed with lights when viewing them outside!
These did require quite a few batteries, but thankfully batteries
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Tie floral wire around a wreath
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These pathway lanterns
They look charmingly traditional like the paper versions but are made of durable material to withstand wet weather conditions.
This was definitely the easiest outdoor Christmas decor. Just attach this battery operated pre-lit swag
There’s something quintessential about having a set of light-up deer
Honestly, this pre-lit Christmas sign
Fair warning: they didn’t arrive with stakes, so we attached the letters to some rebar spikes we had using electrical tape.
You can hang the sign on the side of your house too, if you prefer. We added these light-up present stacks
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Essentials to Set Up Christmas Yard Light Cords I was intimidated by the technical aspect of setting up our Christmas lawn decor because our 1960s colonial has no access to an electrical outlet on the front. But these tools made it possible to connect all of our lights together and run a cord to the outlet on the side of our house.
This landscape cord
We plugged the 3-outlet landscape cord into this extension cord
This outdoor timer
Christmas Lawn Decor Sources If you want to put together a holiday yard display similar to ours last minute, many items can be purchased in stores or online for same-day pickup.
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