"Boothbay" wrote in message
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This morning I had to go to loew's for something and lo and behold,
they have Xmas in mind already on Oct 1st. Anyhow, I figured that I
needed some Xmas lights so I was looking for fiber optics lights. I
think that is what is called. I asked the girl and she never heard of
them..suprise! I did see something that looked like it..it was called
L.E.D. lights. Does anyone know if they are one and the same? They are
not cheap.


Our HD here had the lawnmowers put away and all the snowblowers out over 3
weeks ago.

On the other part of your post.

I have seen fiber optic christmas trees,and wreaths, but never just light
"strings".
(something new this year ????)

The LED lights are just solid state light emiting diodes rather than tiny
incandescent light bulbs but you see yourself, up until now very
expensive.

They are a bit more energy efficient, and run "cold" to the touch, but I
notice a "flicker" on the few sets I have from a few years ago, and they
only came in red and green bulbs.
Perhaps they are getting better now.


AMUN