Upgrade Your Christmas Decorations This Season

Made of materials such as nylon, synthetic fabric and hard plastic, inflatable and molded Christmas decoration are ideal for outdoor use. Thanks to their resistance to outdoor weather elements, you can place them where you want in your display. They range widely in sizes and design, so you can set up amazing displays even with limited space.

Enjoy instant displays with inflatable Christmas decorations equipped with self-inflating blower fans. With built-in lighting, these indoor and outdoor Christmas decorations offer illumination regardless of the time of day. Add other decorating ideas found throughout this Christmas decoration guide to transform your yard into a holiday winter wonderland.

Accentuate your Christmas tech decoration display with an assortment of strands of outdoor lights. Use different color and shape lights to make other elements of your display pop. Wrap Christmas lights around trees. Outline your home with light by placing them along windows, doors, eaves and roof edges. Place the lights in complementary colors around the focal points of your holiday display.

Illuminate areas where there is no access to energy outlets by using battery-operated lights. For versatility, select lights with color-changing capabilities. Equipped with remotes and color-changing controllers, these technologically advanced light strands change the look of your display as desired.

Control all components of your holiday display when they operate with smart home technology. Use a smartphone, tablet, or laptop to turn the power on and off or change colors remotely. Some of the smart accessories available to use with the ideas throughout this Christmas decoration guide include:

• Artificial prelit garlands
• Strands of lights
• Inflatable Christmas decorations
• Power plugs
• Outdoor projectors
• Light and music synchronizers

Whether you’re crafting a display inside your home using indoor Christmas decorations or setting up a neighborhood display with outdoor décor, smart accessories can help keep the display running safely and efficiently throughout the entire season.

When considering technology-packed Christmas decorating tips and tricks, holographic displays come to mind. Using an outdoor projector and white screen, you can cast all types of images onto your display. Incorporating Santa, elves, reindeer or snowmen into the scene are just a few Christmas decoration ideas available. Cast images into doorways or on windows to add to a realistic effect.

Another fun thing to show during the festive season are holiday movies. Set up an outdoor viewing platform on your porch, and together with a projector and screen, you can have special shows for the neighborhood kids. Fire up the popcorn maker and serve holiday-themed cookies to enrich their viewing experience!

Available in all types of designs and sizes, artificial Christmas trees are a potential option. These holiday staples mix in well with all types of Christmas themes you want to capture. Incorporate artificial Christmas trees into outdoor or indoor displays. Select pre-lit trees to save time and energy as it isn't necessary to strand the tree with lights yourself or choose trees that offer you the ability to add the smart lighting you want.

Connect multiple artificial Christmas trees to a single smart plug for easy control. Personalize the tree with Christmas ornaments and accessories created by friends and family members so you can look back on a year that bonds everyone.

With so many different decorating ideas out there, creating a truly unique display each year is as much fun as it is memorable. Check out the different Christmas decorations and devices available to make your holiday display one to remember. Building on a tradition, like using low-tech Christmas wreaths, or starting a new trend for Christmas is possible with the wide variety of decorations, lighting and smart equipment available.