1. Christmas Light Addition Program – 2013 ©
Bill Foley
June 1, 1940 –
October 12, 2012
Collapsible Mini-Trees
Jim Winder

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My Display – At Friends House
First display, in 2009,
Had Five Mini-Trees
Atop Each Cement
Pillar
2010 Display I Added
9 “Streamers”…

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Mini-Tree Masts and Attachments
…Thus the Need for a Quick Way to
Set Up
These Are My Mini Tree Masts, Which
Slip Into a 18” Sleeve Cemented Into
The Ground
Each Streamer Consisted of 6-10’
Pieces Of ¾” PVC, Supported by a
3/16” Cable
Each Piece of 10’ PVC
Had 4-50ct LED
Strings…1 Each of
Red, Green, Blue
And White, for a
Total Of 10,800
Lights and 216
Channels

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Collapsible Mini-Trees
(5) Collapsed
Mini-Trees
Each Mini-Tree is
Made Up of 1000
LED’s - 250 Each of
Red, Green, Blue
and White

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Mini-Tree Masts
Each Mast is Filled With
Cement to Help Stop Them
From Bending From The
Weight of Each Streamer
Each Streamer Also Had a
Guy Wire to Help Keep the
Mast From Bending

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2010 Streamers
Originally the Streamers Went From the Top of My Mini-Trees
To the Top of my 20’ Weber Tree on the Peak of the House…
But the Weight of the Streamers Bent My Weber Tree Mast on
Thanksgiving Night and it Was Replaced with a 10’ Weber Tree

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Mini-Tree Topper
1-1/2” Galvanized
Fence Post
Eye Bolt to Hold Topper
To 1-1/4” Galvanized
Mast
(8) Chain Links Welded
To Topper for Braided
Strings to Be
Fastened to

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Mini-Tree Base
The Base consisted Of
(4) Pieces of 1” Angle
Iron Welded to an 1-1/2”
Sleeve.
Welded to the Ends of
the Angle Iron was a
Piece of 3/8” Rod
Also Welded to the 1-1/2” Diameter Sleeve was (2) Nuts so
The Base Could be Pulled Down so the Braided Strings Would
Be Taut

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Mini-Tree Base
With Arch Supports
These Rebar Are
Welded to the
Bottom of the Base
to support my Arches
that Were Between
my Mini-Trees
(8) Chain Links Welded
To Base Ring to Tie
(8) Braided Light Support
Strings

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Mini-Tree Light String
Attachment
Light Strings are Tie-Wrapped to the (8)
Individual Braided Strings
Each Tie-Wrap Goes THROUGH the
Braided Strings so the Light Strings
Cannot Slip Down During Installation,
Take-Down and Storage

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2012 House With 9
Collapsible Mini-Trees