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LED Christmas lights are here to stay. They offer the benefits of low energy consumption and no heat, but can you live with the color? Flickr user Solarbotics/CC 2.0 In 2006 the Capitol Christmas tree ...

It's time to light up your Christmas with some smart lights that you can control using an app. Smart LED lights are not only easier to manage, but they also offer more customization options and help ...

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Make sure you've got the best Christmas lights—you know the strands that stay on even when one light burns out. Our pros tested and found the best brands for indoor and outdoor decorating.

‘Tis the season to bedazzle your home with twinkling lights—and thank goodness, because the barren landscape of the winter months can be a real bummer. That said, it’s one thing to wrap a few lights ...

We are well into the holiday season, but if you haven’t yet decorated your Christmas tree or put up holiday lighting, don’t do it until you’ve had a chance to look at Twinkly. The company released its ...

The best Christmas tree lights make a freshly picked pine or an artificial spruce equally mesmerizing. They can turn a tree into the center of an entire room — rather, a whole home. Yet whether you’ve ...

With the help of a microcontroller, a few strings of GE Color Effect Christmas lights can be easily turned into a fully programmable LED strip, or if you are so inclined, a huge RGB LED display.

In 2006 the Capitol Christmas tree was adorned with 100 percent LED lights, and the following year the Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center went LED. Yes, the time-honored tradition of ...

Which Christmas lights are best? Christmas lights are among the most iconic and notable decorations of the season, perhaps second only to Christmas trees. You can find many types of Christmas lights ...

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