On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:37:00 -0500, "James" wrote:

Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much
to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights.
I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and
Target. All I could find was the fake led lights.

So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50
lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much
cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get
what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking.

Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas
lights, or have they all been outlawed too ?

Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !!

I bought a set of LED strings for the outside, a couple of years ago (~1400
lights). They were so ugly I threw them out when I took them down that year
and replaced them with real lights (after Christmas sales) for the next year.
I just put up about half of them yesterday (waiting for it to get a little
warmer to finish the job).