It’s not even September yet, but my husband is already thinking about our Christmas lights! I have to admire his dedication to the cause. We had some issues with our lights last year, in part due to the way that the electricity runs through our breaker box. We tripped a breaker every single night, because ALL of the exterior outlets are run through the same breaker, and we were using a LOT of lights. On top of that, our electric bill was about double for the month of December because of all the lights.

I recently learned about LED Christmas lights, and I’m intrigued! LED holiday lights are safer than traditional Christmas lights for several reasons:

• LED lights use 90% less energy
• LED lights are safer because they operate at room temperature
• LED lights have an operating life of more than 50,000 hours
• LED lights have no filament
• LED lights have a bulb encased in hard plastic

So what does that mean for you? How about a lower electric bill when you string up Christmas lights, and saving yourself a trip to the store to buy new lights every year? And for those of us who are outlet challenged, this site sells a special LED light that is approved for end to end connections of up to a 1/2 mile of lights! If these LED holiday lights are good enough for the capital in Washington D.C. and the Rockefeller Center in New York, they’re good enough for my house!