Holiday lights are no longer reserved for Christmas. Traditional holiday lights instantly put you in a festive, positive mood. What if you could enjoy that same joy all year long? With professional-looking, permanent holiday lighting, you can. Permanent lighting allows you to customize the exterior of your home, making it the most appealing on the street.

What is Permanent Holiday Lighting?

Permanent holiday lighting is the permanent installation of exterior lights. These Christmas lights are securely installed and encased in an aluminum track for long-term use. The permanent lights easily turn on and off using an app on a control that also connects to your Apple or Google smartphone.

While permanent holiday lighting is sometimes referred to as Christmas lights, they also serve other uses. These accent lights come in over 16 million colors, so you can use them to create a design that you love. Permanent holiday lighting can also be used as commercial lighting, adding security and decor to a business.

Benefits of Permanent Holiday Lighting

One of the best parts of permanent holiday lighting is that you can adjust the different colors and themes outside of the holiday season. You can enjoy the many benefits that come with permanent holiday lighting, including:

• Increased curb appeal: Permanent holiday lights can boost your curb appeal. They can also highlight your home's unique characteristics and architectural beauty, giving you the most appealing home on the block.

• Increased home value: Selling your home may be easier with permanent lights. This can be a major selling point that increases buyer demand.

• Low-maintenance holiday decorating: You can enjoy the beautiful lights for years to come with professional installation. Decorating for the holidays is a breeze.

• Added security: Bright security lighting also adds security to your property. This can illuminate walkways and entry points, reducing the risk of crime.

• Multi-use decorating: Permanent holiday lighting is a great way to decorate for the holidays. However, you can also use the customizable lights to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, game days, or simply show off your favorite color for a special occasion.

• Safe decorating: Adverse weather conditions and slippery roofs can make holiday decorating dangerous. Permanent holiday lights mean you no longer have to scale the ladder to string thousands of bulbs each winter.

Permanent holiday lighting offers many benefits. In addition to increased curb appeal and home value, outdoor lighting also allows you to customize your property with thousands of colors.

Best Types of Permanent Holiday Lighting

It’s important to choose high-quality LED lights when installing permanent holiday lighting. You want a product that looks great and lasts a long time. JellyFish Lighitng uses an LED lighting system that's rated for outdoor use. Even better, we create and own our existing lighting products (patented.)

You also want to consider efficiency when choosing your outdoor lights. Our high-quality, innovative, patented lighting system uses less than one watt of energy, making them an extremely efficient option. LED lights are the best option for outdoor lighting. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are up to 90% more energy efficient than other lighting system options.

They also offer a clearer, brighter outcome than when compared to other exterior lighting options, like fluorescents or incandescent lighting. LEDs also last longer, making them a great option for permanent holiday lighting. Permanent LED exterior lights can last long, so you can enjoy them for many years. This estimated light life span varies depending on the type of lights you use and where you install them.

Our lights are also highly customizable. When choosing permanent lights, you want a product you can change as frequently as you want. Our product even allows you to control each light separately. You can even create custom patterns with over 20 different movements. Set color zones, put your lights on a timer, or choose your preferred shade of white LEDs; the options are endless.

How To Install Year-Round Lighting

Professional installation of your year-round lighting ensures you get a product that looks great and lasts without damaging your home. Permanent holiday lighting should also be discreet, meaning you shouldn’t be able to see the wires from the road. JellyFish Lighting installs permanent Christmas lights along your home’s trim in channels that match the home's color so they are hardly noticeable until you turn them on.

It’s also important to securely install your lights to last all year. In some places, your outdoor lights will be exposed to all the elements, including extreme heat, rain, high wind, and snow. They should also be installed in a way that doesn’t damage your roof, channels, or gutters or get in the way of necessary maintenance of these parts.

Jellyfish Lighting helps you with the permanent holiday lighting process each step of the way. We provide customers with no-cost, no-obligation price estimates on all our lighting systems. We’ll help you plan out your lights, so you’re left with a product that you love.

Our holiday lighting installation process also focuses on discretion. The lights are hardly noticeable from the road because we match them to your roof and gutter colors. Careful installation and tracking also mean there are minimal visible wires. We value first-class customer service and are always there to offer support even after your lights are installed.

Prefer to install your holiday lighting yourself? We still want you to enjoy a premium product that lasts. You can also order JellyFish lighting permanent Christmas lights for self-installation.

Frequently Asked Questions on Permanent Holiday Lighting

These are some of the most frequently asked questions we get about permanent holiday lighting systems:

How much do permanent Christmas lights cost?

The cost of permanent Christmas lights varies, depending on many factors. It’s best to get a customized quote for your property. A few things that can affect the price of permanent holiday lighting include:

• The size of your home

• The difficulty of installation

• The type of lights you use

• The number of lights you use

JellyFish Lighting works with all types of budgets. We look forward to creating a custom plan for your home that considers both your design preferences and your total budget.

The cost of DIY outdoor lighting also varies, depending on many of these same factors. JellyFish Lighting also works with businesses for their commercial lighting needs.

Are permanent lights more expensive than traditional Christmas lights?

Installing permanent exterior lighting may cost more upfront than using traditional lights. However, when you calculate the cost of buying new Christmas lighting every couple of years, you can actually save money with permanent lights. Once you factor in installing and removing the lights every year, permanent lights may be more time and cost-effective.

Permanent lights also use LED bulbs, which are significantly more energy efficient than the boxed Christmas lights you find at the store. This means you also have to calculate the increased cost of energy bills during the holiday season when comparing the costs.

Are permanent Christmas lights worth it?

Permanent Christmas lights are worth it for many reasons. Permanent accent lighting is durable, long-lasting, and a great way to customize your home's roof and windows. They’re also energy-efficient, cost-effective, and could potentially increase both the curb appeal and overall value of your home. Some people also choose permanent Christmas lights as a safer alternative to holiday decorating. They’re an easy solution for lighting commercial buildings.

Permanent lighting also allows you to use your property more. You can spend more time outdoors, even at night. Holiday decorating is also easier than ever. You no longer have to spend a full weekend unboxing and installing lights and then another weekend taking them all down again. Not to mention, climbing on your roof with power tools can be extremely dangerous too.

Do permanent Christmas lights add value to your home?

Permanent Christmas lights can add value to your home when planned and installed right. They can help you highlight unique decor or materials used in the building of your home. Permanent holiday lights can also boost your home’s curb appeal. They also make your property more secure, keeping crime rates down.

Many home studies show that landscaping is an important selling point. Using permanent outdoor lights in your home’s professional landscape design can make your home stand out even more. Strategically placing the lights in places that highlight your front and back yard can make your home more appealing. Home buyers also love technology-connected homes, making Apple and Google Home lighting integrations a good selling point.

Permanent holiday lighting can be a great investment with a lot of benefits. Professional permanent installation of Christmas lights on your property can boost curb appeal, increase your home’s value, add a layer of security, and prepare you for safer holiday decorating. Reach out to one of our friendly first-class customer service representatives today. We can’t wait to show you how to customize patterns to create your dream home lighting.