We have an outdoor outlet and there is another one in the power box on the side of the house. We use outdoor extention cords and timers. Dh goes crazy with lights at chrissy its awesome!! We have reindeer and christmas trees in the front yard, a sleigh too. Even the big tree in the front gets fairy lights in it. We have a santa christmas countdown where we count down the days. The whole roof has rope lights over it and a big star and a waving santa on the roof peaks. Icicles go all along the front awnings. Candy canes too. There are more but I can't remember Its lots of fun, we get lots of ppl through the street to look at them.