About North Pole Lighting: Christmas Light Installation in Longmeadow, MA
A lighting contractor working out of Southwick, hanging Christmas lights across eleven towns in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut.
The person who quotes your house is on the ladder at your house.
One phone number, and it gets answered. The lights are ours, and we take them back in January.
Christmas Light Installation Run by the Guy on the Ladder
Josh Drumm owns North Pole Lighting. We are a lighting contractor working out of Southwick. Christmas light installation is what we do from October into January. Josh is not a dispatcher. He walks the property, writes the plan, and gets on the ladder with the crew. Longmeadow, Suffield and Southwick all sit inside a short drive of the shop.
Here is why that matters. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission counts about 160 holiday decorating injuries a day during the season. Nearly half are falls. That is the job you are hiring out. It is worth knowing who is taking it on.
The Lights Are Ours, Start to Finish
You never buy a strand, store a strand, or untangle a strand. We own the lights. We design the display, hang it, keep it lit, take it down, and store it. Next November it comes back to your house.
- We buy the lights ourselves, commercial grade, from our supplier
- We plan the display at your house before anything goes up
- Bulbs are screwed into the strands before the truck leaves, which saves about an hour on site
- We hang the display on clips, then test it end to end before we pull out
- We keep it lit through the season, and a dark bulb a ladder can reach gets replaced
- We take it down, box it, label it with your address, and store it off your property
- The same lights come back to the same house the following fall
- One phone number, and it gets answered
Lights We Will Not Hang
The list below is short on purpose. Each line is here because saying yes to it would make the job worse. None of it is a rule we made up to sound careful.
- Not your own strands We do not hang lights you already own. A store-bought string is sealed, so one dead section pulls the whole run.
- Not for sale We do not sell you the lights. We own them, lease them for the season, and take them back.
- No inflatables We do not do inflatables. Not a service here.
- Nothing permanent We do not install permanent year-round lighting at this time.
- Nothing on ice We do not put anyone on an icy roof in January, our own crew included. Roof takedown waits for the melt.
Once the plan is set, what goes up is the work we do on rooflines, the ground and the entry.
How the Off-Season Works for Your Lights
The light season is about sixty days long. Josh also runs a pressure washing business, which is what the rest of the year looks like. That is why the light season gets planned in October instead of improvised in December.
- The light season runs roughly sixty days, from the first installs through the last
- Takedown runs into January, and it runs later than that if snow holds on the roof
- Strands come off the house, get boxed and labeled, and live in our storage for about ten months
- The same strands go back up on the same house the following fall
Across a season the truck covers eleven towns. Towns we cover runs from Westfield east to Hampden and south over the line.
Company and Christmas Light Installation FAQs
Who owns North Pole Lighting?
Josh Drumm. He owns the company, owns the lights, and works the ladders himself.
Where are you based?
Southwick, Massachusetts. It borders both Suffield and Granby, which is why Connecticut is part of our normal route.
What towns do you cover?
Eleven. Eight in western Massachusetts and three over the Connecticut line, all run from Southwick.
Who actually shows up at my house?
Our crew. The person who quotes your house is on it. Nobody gets sent out cold.
Are you a franchise?
No. Independent and locally owned. One phone number, and it gets answered.
Why do you supply the lights instead of hanging mine?
Because we service what we hang. Our strands are built to be repaired one bulb at a time, and a boxed set is not.
Do you do this year round?
The light season runs about sixty days. Josh also runs a pressure washing business the rest of the year.
Do you work on commercial buildings?
Every job on this site is a home. Residential is what we do.
Meet the Crew on Your Roofline
The walk-around is free and Josh does it himself. You will have met the people doing the work before anything goes up.
Don't Be a Grinch
Book a free Christmas light installation quote and meet the person who will be on your ladder.