I was driving past Walgreens on the way to the dump, (I drive to the dump a lot) and couldn't help noticing on their flashing sign something about cheap Christmas Lights. We use a lot of these things this time of year in our house. We are into tacky. At least when it comes to lights. Of course we wind several strands around our Christmas tree, but we also hang them all over the rooms, even the kitchen. We don't even need the "real" lights unless we need them for these old eyes to read or something. Some we leave up all year and refer to as "Party Lights". We use them all year for our porch lights. This makes it easy to tell people where our house is, although some folks do think we are a bit weird. So I stopped by and did buy.
But why are all the Christmas Lights made in China ? Do they even celebrate Christmas there ? Are there any Christmas Lights that are made in America for rich folks to buy ? We saw a documentary at the local film festival about making mardi gras beads in China. It was interesting. The workers there couldn't understand why women in New Orleans would take off their clothing for this junk. I'm not sure I understand. But I digress.
We did Put up our Christmas Lights all over the house. Now the younguns insist on lighting them first thing on these cold dark December mornings. They're lit 'till bedtime too. But that's OK, it's fun. I like it.
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Christmas lights are made in China for one reason. Production cost. By keeping that low, the retail price is also kept low. People are not going to pay more for lights made in America. Many people only use the lights for a few weeks then toss em out. This is why every year stores stock so many lights.
Your party lights system is also very common. Why not. They do make excellent party lights. I know a lot of people that keep strings of all white lights up year round for patio lights. In Florida people use patios often.
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