Stan Suther's Real Estate and Stuff

It is a bit odd thinking of getting rid of something at the beginning of a season rather than at the end, but that’s exactly how most people deal with those irritating strings of Christmas lights.  I’m sure many folks are just now getting boxes down from the attic to decorate the tree or doors or whatever else you like to light up for the Christmas season.  You remember that last year, these very same lights worked just fine.  Yet, if you do have the forethought to plug them in before you hang them (don’t ask me how I know this), way too often something strange has happened to the lights while spending the rest of the year doing nothing.  You plug them in and miraculously, they DON’T WORK.  Not the kind of Christmas miracle you had in mind, eh?  Of course, you know that if you just can find the bad bulb in the batch, then you can get them working again- you did keep the little package of spare bulbs that you got with the set a couple of years ago, right?  All you have to do is go take a spare bulb and start changing that for the 100 or so bulbs in the string until you find the bad bulb and replace it.  Piece of cake!  Of course after doing all of that, you could discover that the problem is really one of the little fuses in the plug that of course you also have spares for.

Light string repair not going so well?  Numerous expletives mumbled under your breath in the process of getting ever more frustrated?  Wadding up the knotted wad of lights and throwing them in the trash?  Headed to the store for a new string or two? 

If you want to turn a negative experience into a positive one, there is a web site you can visit which will tell you all about recycling those old strings instead of putting them in the trash and taking up space at the dump.  Of course, this company would like you to switch to their LCD lights and will give you a 15% discount for doing the recycling with them.  I’ve noticed lot of small lights are being switched to LCDs because they run long, run cooler, and use less energy.  So, if you want to check this out, click on the Holiday LEDs website HERE.