When adorning your home with festive dcor this Christmas season, do not forget about the exterior. Curbside dcor is just an important as decking your interior halls because it provides the first opportunity to greet friends and family arriving for holiday celebrations. The variety of brand new and exciting items available to trim the yard has skyrocketed in recent years. Gone are the days of plain white and red lights. Now outdoor Christmas decorations feature everything from large imaginative inflatables and animated Christmas lights to impressive illuminated features set to music. The first step to illuminating your holiday winter wonderland is selecting the style of lights to use in the space. Icicle Christmas lights can be used to quickly and easily provide eye catching design interest to long expanses of flat space such as roof lines, balconies or fencing. Rope lights are a great option to line pathways or window frames, while net varieties are fabulous to throw over a bush for instant decoration. You can even find battery powered lights to adorn wreaths and holly.