re: Outdoor DIY Christmas tree out of lights

I would build a Mega Tree. Here’s a decent walkthrough of doing it at 17ft + 3 foot tall star. He links a calculator that lets you modify top/bottom diameters and calculates power needed.


I would probably go “smart” on this project, because the frame is probably going to outweigh the cost difference of smart vs dumb lights, and I like using smart Christmas lights to be able to change color patterns based on night of the week or hour of the evening. This could, if you were into it, be incorporated into a “show” if that’s your speed.