We used pine needle, real-like tips, snow branches, rush leaves to decorate this 9FT/100 light Christmas Garland to ensure that it looks rich and beautiful.When you take out the product from the package, please handle the branches and leaves with your hands, which have been compressed by the package before.The prelit Christmas garlands has 8 modes 3 AA batteries box operated - combination, chase, slow attenuation, flash, sequence, slow light,wave, stability.(AA batteries which are not included).Once the garland starts light, It will light for 6 hours, and then automatically turn off, 18 hours later power on again. And it turns on and off every day according to this rule.