'Tis the season to add a twinkling touch to your holiday decor with these floating Christmas tree candles.
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'Tis the season to add a twinkling touch to your holiday decor with these floating Christmas tree candles.
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With this 10-piece set of clip-on floating candle lights, you won’t have to worry about frustrating tangled cords when trying to decorate your Christmas tree. These candles clip directly onto the branches, making it easy to place them exactly where you want them—whether you have a real or artificial Christmas tree. What’s more, the set includes suction cups that hook into the bottom of each candle. This means you can add glistening holiday spirit to windows, too. And if you want to add more light to your holiday decor, disco Christmas decor might help do just that.

This flameless floating candle light set from Balsam Hill comes with 20 individual lights for decorating your entire tree. The lights are dimmable and have both white and multicolor settings for you to create the exact holiday mood you have in mind. Control them from the included remote or set a timer so you don’t have to worry about remembering to turn them off at the end of the night.
Also, explore our list of the best Balsam Hill Christmas Trees.
Candle-shaped Christmas tree lights are typically the same as standard tree lights—attached along an electrical wire, allowing you to easily hang them round the tree. Candle-shaped lights usually have a base to make it easier to attach to parts of the tree, keeping the candles upright.
Germany is credited with starting the tradition of placing candles on Christmas trees in the 17th century.
A good rule of thumb is about 700 to 1,400 lights for a 7-foot tree, depending on how bright or full you want it to look.
Candles started falling out of favor in the early 1900s as electric string lights became safer and more widely available.