![]() Once the Christmas season is over, most people take down their decorations. This is not as much of a concern putting up the lights, but the possibility of damage increases when the strings of lights are removed. The biggest concern when adding lights to trees or shrubs is possibly damaging tender branches or knocking off next year’s buds that already have formed on the branches. Simply put, don’t worry about the heat from the light bulbs damaging your trees or shrubs. Nowadays, most of the lights used are tiny or they are LED-type lights which produce very little heat. Some of the large bulbs do produce some heat, but it would probably take a lot of those lights to heat up the bark of a tree. The person thought that the heat generated by the lights could trick the tree into thinking that it was warm out and start the flow of sap within the tree. Someone once asked me if a tree can get damaged when the trunk and limbs are wrapped with strings of lights. It does look nice when it is all done, that is until half of a string goes out. Sometimes I think it may be less frustrating to just buy new lights every year. I spent parts of both days putting up lights, getting frustrated when half of a string did not work, took down the lights and added a new strand then found another half of a strand not working and had to repeat the same process once again. ![]() The Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving seem to be the traditional times to put up Christmas decorations.
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