We are planning to dig out our decorations this week and this weekend we will go cut down our own Christmas tree. We are slowly preparing to do the holiday decorations and we have been eying the energy efficient Christmas lights that are for sale in the stores. We plan to buy some, it’s cool how many sizes and style are available. The choices can be confusing and misleading though.

There are several types of holiday lights available I am told that “The LED Christmas lights offered in most big box stores use a 2-piece construction. This configuration limits the life of an otherwise long lasting LED bulb because it is not moisture proof.” It is best to choose LED Christmas lights that utilize a 1-piece construction because these are weatherproof, moisture proof and have a longer life thus saving your more money.

An interesting tidbit of information that I just learned is that LED Christmas lights are stronger than the other alternatives! This is a great news for me because our cats make it a mission to knock all the pretty things off our tree and onto the hardwood floor thus shattering and breaking them. I am hoping that these more efficient LED Christmas lights will be able to with stain the destructive forces of my kitties this holiday season.

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The new energy efficient craze is LED lights. These are a very big deal right now, they are made for more and more household uses (including holiday lights) and a new company just came out with LED landscape lighting for your home!

LED lights are great because they are an energy efficient alternative to a 100 year old technology. Switching to LED lights is better for the environment, they are safer and they will save you money too! If you have landscape lighting you might consider switching to a more cost effective and safer LED lights.

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Holiday LED lights are much like the CFL bulbs everyone has been switching to. These make homes more energy efficient, they use less power, burn cooler and even last longer. CLF bulbs can help you save money on your electric bill and they are much better for our environment too! It’s a win-win situation we just have to get people to make the switch.

So, here is my challenge to you… When you are unwrapping those holiday lights and checking to see which strands still work remember the “change a light” pledge. When you go out to buy those replacement bulbs or new strands of lights buy the better quality LED lights instead. Slowly but surely you will replace all those old holiday lights, or if you are like me none of your old light strands will work (or it will be way to hard to untangle them) so you will just ditch the old strands and buy all new energy efficient ones!

You can find out more about switching to LED holiday lights by visiting the holiday LED’s site and you can even participate in the change a light campaign this year! We sure are!

Whether you are switching out your holiday lights or a few lights in your home take the “Change a light pledge” over at energystar.com and “change the world, one light — one energy-saving step — at a time. “

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