christmas lights display

How does your Christmas light display compare to this? Photo: Paul Keleher/Flickr

A string of twinkling Christmas lights lining the roof of your house and wrapped around a tree is nice, but maybe a little boring. If you are looking to jazz up your Christmas lights display this year, you've come to the right place. Here we bring you inspiration from around the Web that will help you make your Christmas lights display the best on the block.

Inspiration
  • My Christmas Wonderland lets you zoom in on a map of the U.S. and view user-contributed Christmas lights displays.
  • Ugly Christmas Lights has tons of photos of Christmas lights displays that are more weird than inspiring. Check it out for lessons on what not to do.
  • Best Christmas Lights Ever is a video collection of awesome Christmas lights displays.
  • Rates to Go is a travel site that features the 7 Best Christmas Lights Displays in the World.
  • America's Best Online has links to beautiful Christmas lights displays around the country.

Where to Buy
  • Novelty Lights lives up to its name with a huge selection of both traditional and specialty Christmas lights.
  • Target is always a good place to begin when searching for the best selection at reasonable prices.
  • Home Depot has been stocking Christmas lights since before Halloween. The Web site also has ideas for unique and affordable displays.
  • Christmas Lights is an entire site devoted to indoor and outdoor holiday lights.
  • Holiday LEDs has a big selection of LED lights that use 90% less energy than standard lights and last a lot longer.