- Ultimate Guide: Best Solar Christmas Lights
- Quick Picks: Solar Christmas Lights
- Christmas Holiday Flags
- Classic & Cool Solar Christmas Light Styles
- Christmas Stake Lights: Holiday Designs
- Candy Canes
- Snowflakes
- Merry Christmas Lanterns
- Santa & Frosty
- The Cross With Poinsettias
- Christmas Candles
- Christmas Trees
- Specialty Fairy Lights & More
- Classic Styles: Fairy, Strip & String Lights
- Pro Tips: Solar Christmas Lights
Ultimate Guide: Best Solar Christmas Lights
Working in the solar industry, I can always tell which customers put up big Christmas displays because their power bill jumps in December. Thanks to solar powered Christmas lights, you don’t have to pay high energy bills thanks to solar Christmas lights! And they make awesome displays!
The choices are amazing, and the tech has come a long way. Best of all, they pay for themselves year after year.
You don’t need timers, extension cords, or plugs like standard lights and incandescent bulbs. They light up automatically at dusk, go off automatically after 6-8 hours, and only need a sunny spot for the solar panel to charge during the day.
With a wide range of styles, we’ve showcased some of the very best solar lights on the market. Check out our favorite quick picks below, and the welcoming solar-lit Christmas flags!
Quick Picks: Solar Christmas Lights
Christmas Holiday Flags
Classic & Cool Solar Christmas Light Styles
‘Tis the Season to Sparkle
Our thoughtfully curated Christmas solar lights guide is categorized by style so you can easily find the best Christmas lights. You can be sure that solar strings of light will look good and perform well because we demand both great design and high performance, and we never recommend an item just because it’s solar-powered.
Christmas Stake Lights: Holiday Designs
Holiday solar stake lights are a fast and fabulous way to decorate your yard for Christmas. These are the styles that we like best.
Candy Canes
Everyone loves candy cane decorations in the Holiday Season, and this 10-pack of solar candy cane pathway lights is an eco-friendly no-brainer; plug and play! No tools or extension cords are needed, just direct sunlight. Line them up along your driveway and get an instant holiday glow for up to 10 hours in the evening.
Snowflakes
The most simple and elegant Christmas decorations are glowing snowflakes. This set of solar snowflake stake lights creates a magical holiday spirit. They last up to 10 hours when you sprinkle them liberally around your Christmas light-o-rama.
Merry Christmas Lanterns
The flickering flames on these solar Christmas lanterns create a welcoming ambiance for the holidays. The candy cane striped stakes and the joyful Merry Christmas message signs make this my favorite holiday decoration in my yard.
Santa & Frosty
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Santa & Frosty. The crystal snowflake glows at night, so your kids will love these classic solar stake lights both during the day and at night.
The Cross With Poinsettias
The true meaning of Christmas is symbolized beautifully in these crosses decorated with poinsettias and set aglow by LED solar fairy lights. A classy and timeless style, these are gorgeous decorations for yards and memorial sites.
Christmas Candles
The flickering Christmas candles on these solar stake lights are set in a Christmas tree frame topped with a golden star. At its base is a poinsettia corsage. These go well with the solar crosses above if you’re going for a themed look for the Holiday season.
Christmas Trees
This set of decorated solar Christmas trees lights your yard with colorful LEDs. Each tree has a golden star topper, 18 Christmas ornaments, 12 bells, and 60 LED multicolor string lights. The tree is 3.6ft tall, the distance between each tree stake is 6.56ft.
Specialty Fairy Lights & More
Specialty styles of solar Christmas lights feature holiday-inspired shapes that take your lighting to the next level. Add a string or two of mini lights in the most prominent areas of your solar Christmas display, and your holiday lighting will be magical.
Solar Snowflake Fairy Lights In Snow White
Pure white snowflake solar lights are perfect for your winter wonderland. Each 20ft string has 30 LEDs and eight different twinkle modes. These tiny 1.5″ delicate beauties are perfect for holiday decorating. I have several strings around my patio and yard, and people love them.
Solar Christmas Snowflake Lights, Multicolor
These energy-efficient multicolor solar snowflake fairy lights add colorful shine to your Holiday lights. Sure to please kids with their variety of colors and 2-mode operation. The length is 30ft with 50 LED snowflake shapes that add a winter’s fairytale theme to your landscape decor.
Multicolor Solar Stars String Lights
People love a little holiday cheer, and that’s what you get with these solar-powered star multicolor beauties. String these star lights to create a festive ambiance for your garden. The textured, sparkling stars will light up your nights with 50 LED lights on a 30ft string. Each star is about 2 inches wide, with 2 lighting modes.
Solar String Lights with Moon and Stars
There are many magical choices with solar Christmas lights; deciding which one to buy can be hard. These stunning Moon and Stars string lights are unique because they have different light shapes dropping at varying lengths, adding spectacular ambiance and charm to your decor. They will surely be one of your favorite decorations during the holidays and year-round for their pure magic!
Solar Snowflake Christmas Fairy Lights
These warm white solar snowflake fairy lights are ideal for holiday parties! The string of lights has 50 LED snowflake-shaped fairy lights strung over 24 feet, with eight light modes! These lights add a dainty touch of elegance wherever you string them. The best part is, there is no need to plug into electrical outlets!
Solar Teardrop – Frozen Icicle String Lights
These delicate icicle-shaped lights stun at night! With 320 LEDs, these 29.5ft hanging fairy Christmas curtain lights with 60 Drops! These blue ice Christmas lights create the perfect mood for your blue Christmas vibe!
Solar Christmas Cascading Fairy Icicle Lights, Multi-Color
These cascading icicle lights create a spectacular meteor shower effect using solar energy. The LED bulbs in the tubes quickly turn on and off in sequence and look like falling snow in the night sky. Each pack has eight tubes with eight multicolored lights, each on a 23ft string. See the unique beauty of these cascading meteor shower lights on Amazon.
Classic Styles: Fairy, Strip & String Lights
Fairy string lights are the most basic foundation of Christmas lighting and decorating. Check out the styles below that we handpicked based on their elegance, uniqueness, and pure magic. When we link to a product or website that we are affiliated with we may be paid a commission.
Multi-colored Solar Fairy Lighting
People love this Multi-colored solar string light display, and it’s the best choice for Christmas if you like classic icicle lights in your decorations. The light strands are 40 feet long with 120 LEDs.
The lights have 8 Modes: Steady on, Combination, Fireflies flashing, Waves, Fading, Chasing/Flashing, Fading slowly, Twinkle/Flashing.
Solar Fairy Lights in Blue
These gorgeous blue solar fairy lights glow with lots of pretty blue lights! Each string is 33FT with 100 LED fairy lights.
The wires are flexible and bendable, so you can easily wrap them around tree trunks or fences. You have eight modes to choose from: combination, in waves, sequential, slogs, chasing/flash, slow fade, twinkle/flash, and steady on.
Solar Globe String Lights, Multi-Colored Crystal Balls
These multi-colored crystal globe string lights are the perfect heartwarming holiday accent. It is designed with eight lighting modes that will set sparkling moods at night: combination, fireflies flashing, waves, fading, chasing/flashing, fading slowly, twinkle/flashing, and steady on.
These strings are 24ft long with 50 1″ LEDs strung half an inch apart. Discover how beautiful these solar Christmas string lights are for holiday decorating.
Solar Bistro String Lights
These versatile classic bistro-style string lights come with the largest solar panel available for solar string lights. You’ll want to keep them up all year long to give your yard that boho bistro ambiance!
High quality and brilliant, the premium crystal globe lights look pretty when lit up on your patio, garden, or front lawn. The warm white light adds a romantic touch to New Year’s parties.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Pro Tips: Solar Christmas Lights
First, determine where you’ll hang the lights (your eaves, a tree, or a fence) and the approximate length you’ll need. Solar string lights come in a variety of lengths to suit different needs. The number of LED lights per string of solar powered holiday lights is key for creating different moods, as is bulb color and shape. Lights come in warm or cool white, blue, and multi-color, and some cycle through colors. Consider using specialty shapes when lights are close to the viewer.
You will need a sunny spot with several hours of sunlight to place the solar panel’s light sensor, usually staked into the ground. Some units have an optional wall mount. If you like different flash modes, consider one with 8-modes instead of just 2-modes, which are steady on or flashing. Why pay for electricity to run your Christmas light show with the many options available? The biggest advantage is that solar Christmas light ornaments will pay for themselves many times over, unlike traditional holiday lights that burn electricity.
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