Yes, Virginia – Some People Actually Hate Christmas Lights

We at No Fuss Lights couldn’t fathom why some people don’t really care for Christmas lights. They’re beautiful, festive, and smile-inducing – so what’s not to like?

Then we did a little research and found out why some folks do indeed hate holiday lights. Here are some of the main reasons:

  • After working so hard to put them up, half of them come down the next time the wind blows.
  • Neighborhood cats like them a little too much – and claw them loose from the roof or trees.
  • The lights work perfectly while on the ground, but go out once they’re hung up.
  • Light strands seem to go out and then come on again with no explanation.
  • People hate untangling Christmas light strands every holiday season.
  • Broken bulbs are a common occurrence, and no one likes picking pieces of glass out of their lawn.
  • People climb up their ladders only to discover they don’t have enough light clips.
  • People climb up their ladders and hang up their lights only to discover that the strands don’t reach the end of their roofline.
  • The lights are hung perfectly – and then a fuse burns out, which leads to another trip to the hardware store.
  • When one bulb goes out on a strand, THEY ALL GO OUT!!!

OK, we get it now. But No Fuss Lights can help with that.

We’ll bring our own high-quality LED lights to your home, take care of all the decorating that needs to be done, and then come back after the holidays to remove all the lights for you. Plus, if a bulb burns out or a strand comes loose during the holiday season, we’ll come back to remedy the problem – usually within a day.

Call No Fuss Lights today at 281-809-7021 (or fill out this form) for a free estimate. Because you deserve a little less holiday stress and a little more Christmas joy this year!

Image credit: Cameron Russell/Flickr

How To Bring Good Luck Into Your Home This Christmas

Maybe you saw the No Fuss Lights blog post a week ago which listed various Christmas superstitions and everything that can bring you bad luck during the yuletide season. Perhaps you wondered, “I don’t want any bad Christmas mojo. How do I get some good luck during the holidays?”

Ask and ye shall receive!

According to superstition, you will be the recipient of good luck if:

  • You kiss the oldest person in the home on Christmas Day
  • You hear a cricket chirp on Christmas Day
  • You are the first person to hear a rooster crow on Christmas morning
  • The wind blows on Christmas Day
  • You wish someone a Merry Christmas before putting on your shoes and socks
  • You eat breakfast by candlelight on Christmas Day
  • You are the first person to open the front door on Christmas morning (and sweep the bad spirits out of the house)
  • The first visitor to the home on Christmas is a black-haired man
  • You place fish scales under the plates for Christmas dinner
  • You carry that a scale from a fish eaten on Christmas Day in your pocket all year long
  • You give coins to a beggar on Christmas Day
  • You sneeze on Christmas Day
  • If a cherry tree branch placed in water at the start of advent flowers by Christmas
  • You remove the Christmas decorations from your home on the 12th night of Christmas
  • You contact No Fuss Lights (at 281-809-7021) and let us decorate your home beautifully for the holiday season so you will have less stress and more time to spend on other holiday tasks.*

*-Fact, not superstition

The Rockets Have Launched! And We’re “Pauling” For Them!

At No Fuss Lights, we’re multitasking. We’re working hard to serve our customers while at the same time keeping an eye on the Astros as they try to beat the Yankees and punch their ticket to the World Series. But there’s something happening tonight that we as Houstonians can’t overlook – the start of the Houston Rockets’ 2017-18 regular season!

And the Rockets are off to a superb start. Their first game was on the road in Oakland against the defending league-champion Golden State Warriors. No problem. Houston eked out a 122-121 win despite leading for a total of 99 seconds in the game. Then the Rockets had to turn around and play another road game in Sacramento – and wound up with another victory by a score of 105-100. Houston will finally begin its home season on Saturday night at 7pm when they play host to their in-state rivals, the Dallas Mavericks.

Of course, this season also marks the beginning of the “CP3 era” in Houston as newly-acquired point guard Chris Paul plays his first regular-season games in a Rockets uniform. Rockets’ fans are stoked at seeing Paul team up with James Harden in the backcourt, since the duo averages almost 40 points a game combined over the careers.

At No Fuss Lights, we’re hoping that Harden, Paul, and the rest of the Rockets “light up” the scoreboards this year as well as we light up our customers’ homes and businesses during the holiday season! If you want to see how our “holiday dream team” can make your home look beautiful this Christmas, give us a call at 281-809-7021 today.

Go Rockets!

This Christmas, Get Superstitious

If you’re reading this, congratulations! You survived this month’s “Friday the 13th” without succumbing to bad luck.

The superstition’s origin isn’t fully known, though many believe that it stems from the 13 attendees at the Last Supper (Jesus plus his 12 apostles) and that Jesus died on the following day, which was a Friday.Here’s something else you probably didn’t know that there are lots of superstitions related to Christmas?

Here’s something else you probably didn’t know: there are a bunch of superstitions related to Christmas.

Like what, you ask? Well, here are some of them:

  • Cutting Christmas cake before Christmas Eve
  • Eating the pie that you cut yourself
  • Picking up fruits or nuts from the ground on Christmas Day
  • Eating nuts on Christmas Day without honey (you’ll lose your teeth)
  • Failing to eat plum mince pie at Christmas dinner
  • Departing the Christmas dinner table before everyone else has finished eating
  • Being the first person to arrive home from church on Christmas Day
  • Avoiding a kiss under the mistletoe
  • Sending away Christmas carolers without giving them any money or refreshment
  • A screaming dog on Christmas Eve (it will go mad by the start of the new year)
  • Laundering a Christmas present before giving it to its recipient
  • Stepping on a cotton thread on Christmas Day
  • Failing to bathe on Christmas Day (you’ll be riddled with fevers and toothaches throughout the following year)
  • Sewing, spinning, or toting a spinning wheel from one side of your home to the other on Christmas Day
  • Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day
  • Giving shoes as a gift to a loved one for Christmas (the recipient will walk out of your life)
  • Leaving the dishes unwashed on Christmas Eve
  • Hanging Christmas lights after walking under a ladder, letting a black cat cross in front of you, and breaking a mirror

(OK, we made that last one up.)

If you want to avoid any Christmas light-related misfortune this year, just call No Fuss Lights and let us take care of this chore for you. You can call 281-809-7021 or fill out this form for a free estimate.

Or you can “test your luck” and hang your holiday lights on your own. But really – why tempt fate?

Should You Hang Christmas Lights on a Brand New Roof?

Because we’ve been installing Christmas lights on Houston-area homes for a long time, we’ve gotten to know a lot about roofs. So all of us at No Fuss Lights can appreciate the look (and feel!) of a newly-shingled roof – and we also understand why some homeowners might be nervous about putting Christmas lights on it.

We’ve certainly heard a few horror stories about homeowners or amateur light-hangers who used staple guns, screws, or nails to attach Christmas lights to roof shingles. In fairness, these methods will probably keep your lights from falling off your house during the holiday season – but they’ll leave holes in your shingles through which rain can leak into your roof decking throughout the remainder of the year.

At No Fuss Lights, we only use commercial-grade shingle tabs and multi-clips to secure Christmas light strands to your roof. These products do not compromise the integrity of your shingles or roof in any way. Where appropriate, we also fasten the Christmas lights to your gutters or eaves and leave the shingles alone entirely. (We also discourage placing lights along upper roof ridge lines if shingle tabs are required.)

In short, No Fuss Lights has plenty of experience in hanging attractive, durable holiday lights on homes without damaging their roofs at all. But if you are still apprehensive, don’t worry – we can still decorate your home beautifully without putting Christmas lights on your roof. Our expert designers can work with you to create a dazzling and festive display for your home and property.

Give No Fuss Lights a call today at 281-809-7021 or fill out this form for a free estimate. We look forward to meeting you – and seeing your roof!

Getting a No Fuss Lights Quote Over the Telephone is… Well, “No Fuss!”

You’ve all heard about the “magic of the holidays?” Well, No Fuss Lights can perform some “magic” of our own… by providing you with a price quote over the phone without having to see your property!

OK, it’s not exactly “magic.” No Fuss Lights simply takes down information about your home or commercial property, enters the data into its design software, and presto! A basic estimate is provided for you.

An actual photo of a No Fuss Lights associate providing a free estimate over the phone.

Because No Fuss Lights has plenty of experience installing Christmas lights for many different types of properties, it can utilize the “Measurements” feature of Google Maps to compute the approximate area of your property. Plus, if you provide the square footage of your home or building along with the number of stories, No Fuss Lights can determine approximately how many feet of lights it will take to outline your structure. Once we add in any extras you might like (such as wreaths, garlands, or illuminated yard art), we can tally up the costs and give you our pricing estimate within minutes.

Of course, No Fuss Lights loves to send one of our designers to your home or business to meet with you face to face and provide you with an on-the-spot estimate. But we understand that many people are extremely busy during October and the holiday season. So we’re also happy to calculate your pricing estimate over the phone, set up an appointment for us to install your lights, and then decorate your residential or commercial property with high-quality, beautiful LED lights.

To receive a price quote over the phone OR to set up an in-person appointment with a designer, call No Fuss Lights at 281-809-7021 today. But hurry! Our schedule is starting to fill up, and before you know it, all of our openings could vanish into thin air – much like magic!

No Fuss Lights – Your Christmas Lighting Specialists

It’s already been a December to remember at No Fuss Lights, and we haven’t even gotten to Christmas yet! Our designers and installers have been crisscrossing the Houston area hanging holiday lights, decorating doors and fences, and making sure that we don’t rest until every home we visit looks bright, cheery, and spectacular!

In fact, it’s becoming readily apparent that we at No Fuss Lights have underestimated our popularity.

The demand for our services in 2015 has been unparalleled in the history of our company. Phone calls and online requests for quotes are coming in to our office as fast as we can respond to them.

Because No Fuss Lights is a small business, we sometimes don’t have the manpower to simultaneously speak with customers, provide on-site cost estimates, and install holiday lights at homes as quickly as we would like. So if you have contacted No Fuss Lights this holiday season, we humbly ask for your patience if we do not respond to your inquiry immediately. Please rest assured that No Fuss Lights is doing everything possible to serve all of our current and potential customers during this busy time of year.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the entire Houston-area community for their strong support and patronage throughout 2015. And we wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a joyous and blessed holiday season.

“…absolutely floored at your creation…”

We made a quick flip and got home tonight about 9:45..We pulled up in the RV and the kids, my, wife, and I were absolutely floored at your creation. GREAT STUFF man..!!! Just gorgeous…!! Thank you very much… I bet this house is the hit of Bellaire this year!!!! The tree is awesome, all lights incredible, just all around first class job.

Please let me know what we owe you and I will have check ready for you tomorrow.

Again, thank you very much..Way way more than I expected – just beautiful..!!!

Have a great Sunday,

Clay

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Some people enjoy putting up Christmas lights on their home and in their yard. They get to exercise their creativity a little bit, and it may help them get into the holiday spirit.

But nobody likes taking down Christmas lights.

Think about it: the holidays are over, you’re trying to get back into a routine and start the new year off on the right foot, it’s cold, and you’ve got your eye on college bowl games, the NFL playoffs, and Rockets’ games. The last thing you want to do is get on the roof, unhook lights, wrap up displays, wind up light cords, and stow them away in the attic again.

Did you know that if you hired No Fuss Lights to put up your Christmas lights, they’ll take care of removing them as well when the holidays are over?

There are plenty of ways to be creative and to embrace the Christmas spirit. But there’s no way to get back the lost time you’ll have to spend taking down Christmas lights. So why not call No Fuss Lights today?

When Your Christmas Lights Go Out

Imagine this: it’s a Tuesday in December, and you arrive home from work to notice a few Christmas lights burned out on the roof of your house. You rummage around for a replacement bulb but fail to find one – or maybe you have to rush out to a Christmas show put on by your kids. Then you forget to buy spare bulbs on Wednesday when you’re forced to work late, you have to do some Christmas shopping on Thursday evening, and on Friday night your attendance is expected at the office Christmas party. Saturday is shot because of all the shopping and other holiday errands you have to run, so you have to give up watching football on Sunday just to get on the roof and replace those bulbs!

Here’s some good news: if you call No Fuss Lights to put up your Christmas display, you don’t have to stress about burned-out bulbs. Because if you notice any lights that aren’t working for any reason, No Fuss Lights will come to your home to fix the problem within 24 hours. That’s their promise to you.

We all could use a little more time during the holidays. So let No Fuss Lights handle your Christmas light display while you turn your attention to more important pursuits – like Sunday football!