About Christmas Light News

Christmas Light News is a reference publication for professional holiday-lighting installers. It publishes evergreen explainers on the parts of the business that happen around the install itself: planning the season, pricing and powering a bid, understanding product terms, ordering materials and receiving shipments during the busiest weeks of the year.

What we cover

• Planning: season calendars, bid preparation and circuit planning for C9 displays.
• Products: what bulb, lens and color terms mean and how they look on a finished display.
• Logistics: turning bids into orders, buffer stock, reorders, shipping and receiving.

Editorial standards

Every article on this site is an explainer. We do not report rumors, publish invented statistics or survey results, attribute quotes to people, or describe events we cannot verify. When a figure appears, it is either basic electrical arithmetic that readers can check themselves or a specification printed on a public product listing.

We do not accept sponsored placements. Product examples and prices are drawn from the public listings at Christmas Light Supplier and are dated so readers know when they were checked; listings change, so confirm current details before ordering.

Articles carry a publication date and are reviewed as the season progresses. When an article is revised, its modified date is updated.

Safety

Articles that touch on electrical planning describe general rules of thumb such as the 80 percent continuous-load guideline. They are not a substitute for local electrical code or for a licensed electrician when circuits or outlets need to be added.

Sister references

Step-by-step installation instructions are outside the scope of this publication. For material sourcing, see the installer supply desk; for the season's articles, return to the front page.