What color Xmas tree lights? (SOT)

[iceman]

I'm from a colored-light family. Red, blue, green, a coupla whites, bring 'em on. But a lot of people I know believe that only white lights are acceptable.

I never really ran into this KKK lighting philosophy until I got down here to the near-South.

My personal take is that the all-white thing is that it's a bunch of ex-rednecks (or redneck-extracted) folks trying to act classy, but what the hell do I know?

I heard tonight that in Baltimore it's considered classy to have all blue lights. I never knew that.

So vote, and someone please explain this to me.

edit: SOT = Seriously Off Topic

[Parvo Pup]

When I lived in the South as a kid - we used to hang colored only.

[backpack]

up where I am there was a white-icicle light fad a few years back... fugly

I personally think none or one multicolored strand along the eaves or something is plenty

[iceman]

Whoa, your tree has eaves?

[BobMc]

Big trees and a lot of rain up there in Odgen.

My tree has no eaves, but it does have colored lights.

BobMc

[backpack]

Whoa, your tree has eaves?

you're talking about trees? I didn't think people actually did all white lights on trees... huh.

[backpack]

you're talking about trees? I didn't think people actually did all white lights on trees... huh.

I guess I should also read the thread title, eh?

(pad, pad)

[backpack]

so yea, for a tree, colored lights no question

or no lights, as my mom decided this year...

[Ski Beaver]

I kind of like the orange lights;

[iceman]

edit: to Backpack:

Don't worry about it, boss.

But yeah, a lot of people around here do all-white lights on their trees.

[LAN]

I've lived in the Midwest (Chicago), West Coast (Gay Area), South (Georgia) and the Pac NW (Seattle) and I haven't noticed a trend regardless of where I've been.

I like white because I think it highlights the object better. We have white lights on our trees out front and candles in the windows.

Blue lights are traditionally hung on Jewish houses.

[EPSkis]

Grew up multi-colored, still use those.

I don't mind all white *outside* as trim, but my tree's gotta be saturated in multi-colors.

edit: heard some other mention it & yes, I admit I've been slow to question this, but.....what in the hell is a quick-reply?

[Buzzworthy]

White lights on the tree, I had nothing to do with it. Like I get a choice anyway.

As a kid it was color. Wife never liked the color. Not classy. It is my tree, like I am classy.

I have ingested the beer again I think.

[mildbill.]

I never really ran into this KKK lighting philosophy until I got down here to the near-South.

oh come on, aren't you from swellesley? or deluxebury?

needless to say, in weston it be whites only. and that goes for the country club too (or did, anyway)

[Sublime]

The thing around here is those white iceicle lights. They look pretty nice but not when everone has them.

I like the big colored bulbs.

[FollowMe]

Are your kids capable of deciding? If so, maybe ask them?

I'd go w/ color myself, or maybe get real crazy and do a mixture .

[Snow Dog]

All white lights has a certain faux elegance. Really you need to dye the tree black to pull it off.

[Ski Beaver]

My trees are black!

With orange lights.

[The AD]

I like the all white lights, but the multi-colored aren't bad. They do, however, have to be those big bulbs that threaten to burn the tree down at any time.

When I was a kid whenever we left home for Christmas I was absolutely convinced the tree would catch fire and the house would be burned to the ground when we returned. I guess I thought the thing would just spontaneously combust.

[iceman]

oh come on, aren't you from swellesley? or deluxebury?

heh, both. Pretty amazing.

But growing up, it was all about the colored, I don't know anybody who did white on the inside tree .

[TheDingleberry]

When I lived in the South as a kid - we used to hang colored only.

Reread this^^^.

[PaSucks]

Festivus poles don't need lightes.

[ole2planker]

Grew up in western New York, near Niagara Falls (slowly I turn, step by step...). Always colored lights. My wife, Army brat, grew up with white lights (and rooms always painted white) (alleged to be elegant). This year, after 26 years of marriage, we have two trees, one of each, so my children and I can have colored lights. Me and Richard Nixon, the kings of detente!

[snow_slider]

All white lights. The artificial tree we bought came with the lights already attached. It all good though, because we're going with a blue/silver theme on the tree (we're actually calling it our "Chanukah Bush". The white lights kinda help with the theme, or at least they don't detract as much as multi-color lights. All blue would be very cool, but I haven't seen those around.

[Big E]

Always preferred the white ones myself, but I think it's more about quality than quantity. If the rest of the neighborhood dims when you turn your lights on, then it's too many.

But I do hate those icicle lights. And the lighted deer that are popping up everywhere. Neighbors across from my folks house have them. He woke up one morning, left for work, was backing out of the driveway, thought something looked a little odd with the deer. Paused, looked again, someone had come in the middle of the night and rearranged it so one deer was humping the other. That was pretty good. He got a good kick out of that (but his wife made him change it back).