Where to Find Green Christmas Lights

With concerns about finding green options for our lifestyles it is only natural to wonder what would be the green choice for our holiday decorations. When it comes to holiday lights this is a great place to look for green options. In the past, most options simply consisted of incandescent light bulbs that were powered through a standard electrical outlet. Don't get me wrong, they're great, however they are a fire hazard and they use a lot of electricity for a decent sized light display. On top of it all it seems that every year you are having to replace at least half of the strings of lights you purchased last year. Here are some green alternatives that are currently available.

The first option for your green Christmas light display are LED Christmas lights. LED Christmas tree lights use much less electricity, are less of a fire hazard because they don't get as hot as incandescent light bulbs, and they will last much longer than incandescent light bulbs. On top of all those wonderful things LED light will also provide you with the brightest light display. The other great things about LED Christmas lights is that they are being carried at so many locations. The best on-line site that I have found for purchasing LED Christmas lights is on BirddogDistributing.com. They have a great selection and very good pricing. They even have some additional information on LED lights and why they are an excellent option for your holiday decorations.

For someone who really wants to go all out there are also solar lights are now available. These are great because they don't use any electricity and simply collect their energy during the day and then light up at night. Solar lights however are not as popular or available as some other options. They also don't come in as many varieties. The price certainly is more expensive although the price may be made up by the fact that they don't use any electricity. A good website I found for solar Christmas lights is Taylor Gifts. This website offers some different options such as icicle lights and pre-lit garland along with the standard lights for shrubs.

A final way to have green Christmas lights this year is to use a timer on your lights. This will assure that you lights are turned on only for a preset amount of time. This way even if you don't choose to go out any buy a new set of green LED or solar Christmas lights you can still do something easier on the environment while still enjoying your holiday spirit. Even though it might not seem like much a little less energy consumption on your part really goes a long way. I found an impressive selection of Christmas light timers at 1000lightbulbs.com.