I have to buy a new tree (I’m the lazy artificial pre-lit type) this year and am trying to decide between white lights and colored lights. I grew up with colored lights but I’m thinking of switching to white lights. I’m not married to the idea and Ben thinks colored tree lights are Right and Proper but… I don’t know. I’m referring specifically to bulb lights because I’m not really down with those fiber optic trees, but I’ll leave that as an option as well for those who are.
If you don’t have firm feelings on it either way (as evidenced by your not being able to decide), but your SO does, why not do it his way? You sound like either might be okay, and it would make him happy.
I’m not at all a fan of white lights, either, though. Very sterile looking IMHO.
It really depends on the look you’re going for. Some years I like to have two colors on a tree, like red and gold, in which case I’ll go with either red or white lights. Some years, I want a lot of different colors and styles of ornaments on the tree, in which case I like the different colored lights.
ME TOO but this will be a pre-lit tree so I can’t just switch out the lights anytime I want (unless I can but I’m betting if it’s possible it’s a huge PITA). In my mind, white will look good with whatever ornaments we decide on in a given year.
I was waiting for it.
elfkin, if I can’t make up my mind I will defer to his preference but he’s already said that if I want to try white lights, that’s okay too. I just like getting opinions on things.
White lights are nice on a ficus tree year-round or around some architectural feature you want to highlight or as nightlights in a kid’s room or bathroom.
Christmas calls for the KABOOM! of twinkling, colored lights. It’s okay if the colors clash with your decor. It’s Christmas, WHEE!
The tree I have up has both so you can plug in colour and white or just one or the other. I got it at Balsam Hill. But I prefer multi though I have both lit up at the moment.
I wasn’t sure if you had my option or not, but it seems as if any colored ones are only multi-colored, and I prefer my tree to have only one color of lights, preferably blue, pink, or purple.
My wife grew up with white lights on her tree. I grew up with multi-colored. Since we have to spend all holidays with her parents because we live too far from mine, I got the tree. After seeing my awesome tree, she only wants colored lights now. As far as a racist tree goes… “Once you’ve had colored, you never go back.”
I only like multi-colored if there are TONS of lights on the tree. As in, each branch individually wrapped. I really love the solid blue, it just seems serene and soothing to my eye.
Anyway, I would go with the white lights, because there’s no reason you couldn’t add more with different colors if you wanted to. If it’s multi-colored and you want a change, you would have to leave the tree off and string even more lights.
I have white now, but I’ve found myself to be incredibly suggestible. If I see a tree with white lights, I think OH YEAH, classy, understated, serene, romantic. Then I’ll come across a tree with colored lights and be all OH YEAH, traditional, yo-yo-yo-Christmas! etc.
I bet you’ll be happy either way, Silver Fire. Let us know which type you end up choosing!
White lights.
[Hijack]My ex roommate once put 1000 white lights on a 3 foot artificial tree. Pretty, but you could roasts s’mores with that sucker.[/Hijack]
