Looking for beautiful outdoor lights in the Salt Lake City area? You\u2019re in the right place\u2014and not just because Salt Lake City has some of the best Christmas light displays around. In addition to going over some of the local light displays, this article will discuss some of the great lighting solutions for homeowners in the Salt Lake City area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You might have heard of Utah\u2019s tourist slogan about having \u201cthe greatest snow on earth\u201d\u2014and that may well be true, especially when it comes to skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports in the state. But there\u2019s another winter-themed aspect to Utah that should probably get just as much acclaim: the Christmas lights!<\/span><\/p>\n The holiday season in Utah tends to be a bright and colorful one, quite literally. The tradition of beautiful light displays in the area, especially in the Salt Lake City area (including nearby Park City and other areas along the Wasatch Front), has inspired many homeowners to contribute to the festivities with their own Christmas light displays. Permanent outdoor lighting systems are more and more popular in the area, allowing homeowners to express their holiday spirit however they want (even beyond the Christmas season).<\/span><\/p>\n The high demand for Christmas lights and other exterior lighting systems in the Utah area has resulted in the presence of many professional lighting companies; these companies typically offer not only holiday lighting but also landscaping and other forms of exterior lighting. Having options is good, but where should homeowners go when they\u2019re looking for lighting solutions for their property and landscaping?<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s size up the area first. What are the big Christmas light displays and events in the Salt Lake City area, and how can they inspire your own home lighting ideas?<\/span><\/p>\n First, let\u2019s look at the lights on <\/span>Temple Square<\/span><\/a>. Temple Square is the name given to the pedestrian walking area near the Salt Lake City temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Covering several blocks worth of land, Temple Square is famous for the extensive displays of thousands of Christmas lights which are set up there for the Christmas Season, a tradition since 1965. Visitors can walk along tree-lined paths where the Christmas lights quite literally surround them\u2014on branches overhead, on bushes and lampposts to the sides, and even as displays on some of the structures in the area. If you\u2019re looking for an impressive, huge display of Christmas lights and Christmas spirit in the Salt Lake Valley, Temple Square is impossible to beat.<\/span><\/p>\n But of course, Salt Lake isn\u2019t the only city in Utah, and it\u2019s not the only place with impressive light displays around Christmastime. The Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point (in Lehi, Utah) put on the Luminaria event for the season, offering a dazzling display of holiday cheer and festivities with both static and programmable, animated lights adorning the massive garden\u2019s trees, walkways, and hills. This is another walk-through event that offers a wide variety of sights and holiday food and gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n Aside from these light-themed events and displays, Salt Lake City has many other Christmas events. One that you might know about is <\/span>The Christmas Market<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Patterned after traditional German <\/span>Weihnachtsm\u00e4rkte, <\/span><\/i>or Christmas Markets, the Christkindlmarkt in Salt Lake City is one of the area\u2019s unique Christmas events. Visitors to the market will find a variety of Christmas- and winter-themed vendor booths, including some with a traditional German angle on the holiday and others that are uniquely local. In fact, the market is a great place to find and support small local businesses that will sell their products at the booths. There\u2019s always food and drink to be had there,\u00a0 as well as frequent live music performances and other presentations, and\u2014most relevantly for our discussion here\u2014amazing Christmas decorations and light displays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now that you\u2019ve had a chance to look at some of the local inspiration for Christmas lights and festivities, let\u2019s get into the details about how to find good outdoor lighting fixtures for your home and property.<\/span><\/p>\n Outdoor Christmas lights<\/span><\/a> are just one of the many kinds of LED outdoor lights\u2014whether it\u2019s decorative, functional, or something in between, there are many different kinds of lighting you could consider for your property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When you\u2019re looking at decorative outdoor lighting, the kind that is permanently installed on a house or in a yard, the lighting system will typically cost <\/span>somewhere around $500<\/span><\/a>. (Of course, the non-permanent variety are much cheaper, but are also often not intended for extended use.) For LED landscaping lights, which highlight key features of your exterior property or provide additional security, prices range from around $2000 to $5000 for most homes.<\/span><\/p>\n In both cases, the price will vary heavily depending on the size of the home or landscape that is being lit, and on how you want the system to be set up. A simpler system on a smaller property will cost less, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s one more price factor to consider with landscape lighting: the installation costs. The installation of outdoor lights, especially permanent decorative lights for a home\u2019s exterior, can run from <\/span>around a couple of hundred dollars to a couple thousand<\/span><\/a>, depending on the size of the home or landscape. This gets you the benefit of having everything taken care of by professionals so that you don\u2019t have to worry about the details of the installation process, but it does obviously require some investment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Of course, you may have the electrical know-how to get these systems working yourself, and just about anyone can install some simpler kinds of exterior lighting as a DIY project. But if you\u2019re not sure about your own experience in this area, landscape lighting installation might be better left to the professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at one case where these kinds of outdoor lighting can be very cheap.<\/span><\/p>\n Landscape or yard lighting is one of those things that can be almost anything you want it to be, depending on what your property looks like, what kind of effects you\u2019re looking for\u2026and, of course, how much you\u2019re looking to spend.<\/span><\/p>\n Wired landscape lighting can be quite expensive if you want thorough coverage of your property, but it doesn\u2019t always have to break the bank. On the other hand, a solar-powered, individual lighting fixture will likely be one of the simplest and cheapest forms of landscape lighting. You can buy small lights which are installed with a simple stake in the ground and which will power themselves through small solar panels without any outside intervention or need to switch out batteries. <\/span><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s great about Christmas lights in Utah?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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