We Put Up Outdoor Christmas Lights For The First Time

I've never had the chance to help put up Christmas lights outside in my life. Now that my husband and I are homeowners and we have a kid we decided it was time to be festive and put up our very first outdoor Christmas decorations.

My husband was determined to find Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to put on the roof. He went to store after store looking for a red nosed reindeer and surprisingly he couldn't find one. All anyone had were the expensive fancy looking reindeer covered in white lights. We tried Big Lots as a last ditch try and there was Rudolph.

They aren't the most impressive lights but they are as good as we novices can get. My husband did the lights on the railing and up the sides of the house. I did the ones on the top of the roof.

Sorry for the blur but my camera doesn't do night well. Putting up lights was an adventure. My big, tall, strong husband is afraid of heights.Because of that I offered to get on the roof and hang the lights. I overestimated my bravery and once I got up there I was scared of falling. I had to lay on my belly and crawl up the steep incline of the roof. It was hard getting over the top and the far side of the roof was even scarier because if I fell it was a big drop down. I used a staple gun to attached lights to the roof one bit at a time.

It was really nice having just a few lights and a Rudolph up. It was fun to do with my husband and really festive. It was even prettier when our blizzard started. The following pictures are from Saturday after we had a ton of snow.

It was really neat seeing the colorful lights at night with all that snow around. It made the colors brighter and the different colors made the snow glow with the different colored bulbs.

We live on top of a mountain so it's fun to be driving on the road below to town and see our lights up above. Since we live out in the country it's very dark out here. Our home is the only one with Christmas lights which brightens up the darkness for a short time until Christmas is over.

Over time my husband and I will add to our lights so someday we have a more impressive display. Maybe we'll add some friends to join Rudolph on the roof. I love Christmas light displays and I'm glad my husband was up for putting up lights. They are simple but they bring us enjoyment.