Hello everyone. Does anyone know of a place to buy solar Christmas lights for outdoor use? Thank you!

-- Christi in KY (cmarshal@btown.k12.ky.us), October 14, 2001

Answers

I don't know about solar, migth be able to convert those moon lights that are solar to Christmas lights, only thing is they aren't the real thing.

Years ago when we were still working on building our farm in VA we had to rough it without electricity for 2 yrs, had a generator though so it wasn't too bad. Our first Christams there i wanted it to be special as my brother was coming so i found some battery operated lights at a local dollar store. Well, Max Way, similiar.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), October 14, 2001.

jade mountain has them,, do a search,, I cant find the address

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 14, 2001.

Christmas lights in OCTOBER???? Oh Well!

Anyways,If you have a HWI/Do-It Center store near you they might have them or be able to order them. Also I am sure that any of the big box home inprovement stores would probably carry them.

-- TomK(mich) (tjk@cac.net), October 14, 2001.

I know Tom...the stores and Tv etc are killing me with the christmas thing. I don't shop hardly at all except groceries. I went to the farm market store to get apples and there are christmas trees set up with autumn decorations on some..more christmassy on others and the whole corner by the door is a snowman themed mechandise display. Here I was..walking in with my kids in shorts and sandals and tshirts and there is this highly breakable WINTER display!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!! But then again, if the poster wants to find solar christmas lights before christmas in order to get them up in time, I guess we can't fault her eh? Just like if you want to do a homemade christmas you have to start months in advance...ugh.

-- Alison in N.S. (aproteau@istar.ca), October 15, 2001.

Well, if you don't have an electricity source other than solar, this will be a pointless post.

On the other hand, if you are looking for interesting ways to reduce electrical use, I was intrigued by LED christmas light strings for sale in...um....Plow and Hearth, I think it was. They were about $13 a string, which seemed a little pricey to me (altho if they have them probably other people do too somewhere for less).

What was interesting to me about them was that they claimed 95% less energy use than regular fairy light strands, and that when I worked out how long they were supposed to be good for before burning out, it came out to 24 hrs a day, 365 a year -- for 22 years. Even at a fraction of that longevity, that would make them pretty economical.

-- julie f. (rumplefrogskin@excite.com), October 16, 2001.