Commerical Christmas Trees

2010 is going to be a big year for All American Christmas Co., we are expanding our selection of commercial products starting with Commercial Christmas Trees. Here are some facts about our Large Commercial Christmas Trees:

• Sizes range from 12' to 100'
• Mini Lights, C7 bulbs, or LED bulbs lighting options

Different construction styles:

• Branch
• Panel
  
• Ice Light
• Chain Trees

Click here to view what trees we currently have listed. These high quality trees are perfect for both indoor and outdoor applications. Commercial Trees are used in Shopping Malls, Downtowns of Cities, Churches, Driveway Entrances, Rooftop Displays, Drive-Thru Parks, Business Lobbies, the uses are endless. If you don't see exactly what you're looking for email us, we have access to some of the best tree manufacturers in the country and we can get the tree you need built to your specs. You can pick the style of build, the color of the foliage, the size, and the type of lights. Despite their higher up front cost, we recommend lighting all trees (commercial or otherwise) with LED lights. For Example, a 14' tall tree lit with C7 Bulbs has a total wattage of 3,120 (26.04 total amps) and the same tree only lit with LED bulbs has a total wattage of 599.04 (4.992 total amps). With LED you'll use just 20% of what you would with C7 bulbs, you don't have to use as much power which also helps when getting electricity to these large trees.

If you have any questions please check out the website or send us a email. We hope to add even more trees in early 2010. Thanks for reading.

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Zach

Lighting Glass Blocks (Repost)

It seems like every day we get calls about people looking for lights to go inside Glass blocks, like the one shown above (image from www.homedepot.com). These glass blocks are usually used to make a wall or some sort of divider in a bathroom and can be found at places like The Home Depot. The way people put lights in these is really simple.

1. Get a pack of Glass Blocks
2. Get a Drill bit for drilling glass (1/2 inch is a good size)
3. Get some mini lights or LED lights that DO NOT have a end plug.
   
4. Drill a hole into the block where you would like to insert the lights.
5. Carefully push the lights into the block through the hole.
6. Plug them up to make sure you didn't loosen any bulbs during the install
7. If the lights work, you're done. Unless you want to wrap the block in ribbon , which is also popular.

These have been a very popular craft lately, we get a lot of calls and email asking about it. People use them for center pieces, gifts, and whatever else strikes their fancy. We have expanded our craft light sets to include both short and long lead wires and craft style LED lights that don't have end to end connectors. These LED sets are a perfect alternative to Mini light craft sets, they generate no heat, the bulb life is extraordinary, and bulbs won't come loose inside the blocks!

Click here to see our selection of mini lights and Click here to see our Craft LED Lights

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Zach Broyles
All American Christmas Co.

Valentine's Day!

Our next big holiday coming up is Valentine's Day and we do have a selection of lights and displays to help enhance the day for your business, party, or just for someone special. We have some great heart and cupid displays that are perfect for hanging indoors and out. Click here to check out Valentine displays.

Our Red light white string mini light strings are perfect for decorating, mini lights come in a wide selection of bulb counts and spacings. 20, 35, 50, and 100 bulb count strings have a red bulb on white wire option and all have a clear bulb on white wire. Click here to go to our mini light page.

If you really want to go all out, our rose lights are great for decorating tables or any where that needs a little something to really make it special. They come in White, Red, and a Pink style with 10 bulbs on white or green wire. We really like these sets, they are high quality and don't look cheesy like most other decorative/novelty style light sets, which is really important on a special day like valentines day. Click here to find these sets on the site.

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Zach

Storing Christmas Lights

The season has come and gone, but like many of us great procrastinators out there I'm sure many of you still have up your tree and lights. Here are some simple and easy steps on how to properly store your lights!

1. Take care when removing your lights. Don't just yank them down off the tree or the house. Take the time to do it right, you'll be glad you did next year.
2. Fix faulty strings BEFORE you store them. Taking the time to fix your sets now will save you the time, money, and stress next season! Invest in a tester tool or repair box.
   
3. Unscrew the bulbs. What is a sure fire way to make a knot in your light line and break bulbs? Not removing them before storage. Those little boxes we ship C7 and C9 bulbs in are really handy, don't toss them. Save your boxes and properly store your bulbs and they'll last longer.
4. Wind up your mini lights. Here is a easy tip on storing mini lights and other pre made light strings, take a scrap cardboard piece and cut it into a rectangle, cut a small slit on one side of the board and slip your plug into that slit, start wrapping your lights around the board without overlapping the wires, when you get to the end of the wire cut another slit and put the end plug or bulb into that slit.
   
5. Proper Storage. As with all your holiday decorations it's best keep them in a dry place and in a good container. Manly people use plastic storage boxes and they are a great way to go, get the kind with a lid that snaps or latches on.
6. Labels, labels, labels. Label those boxes! So many times I've misplaced decorations and or gotten out the wrong box when decorating.

Follow these steps and take time when storing your lights and next years decorating off without a hitch!

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Zach

2010 is here! Time for a Sale!

It's been a while since we've updated the blog. Well we had a great season this year, thanks to so many people taking advantage of our coupons we had going on in the season. We appreciate all of the business that new and old customers had with us this year!

Now, we are having a end of the year sale. Click here to see whats on sale! We are selling Mini lights, LED lights, C7 & C9 Bulbs, Rice lights, Icicle Lights, Spheres and more! Some of these products are discounted up to 50% off our standard price! We are not going to have all of the products on sale permanently so order early and gear up for next season.

This next year we hope to really improve both aachristmas.com and allamericanchristmas.com, we hope to offer more of the large displays and products for commercial customers.

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Zach