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Christmas Light Links

Christmas Lights, Etc.

Wholesale and Retail supplier of Christmas lights of all kinds plus other decorations.

http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/

Christmas Lights, Decorations and More

Pagans, untangling wire, gingerbread and, of course, lights are covered on this site. Cool enough to be added to this list.

http://www.christmaslightsanddecorations.com/

Flashing Xmas lights down DSL connection

Dodgy Christmas lights are being blamed for knocking over broadband connections, with imported flashing lights that don't meet UK electrical standards fingered as the worst offenders.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/08/broadband_lights/

Not Enough Lights

Interesting site all about musical light displays.

http://www.notenoughlights.com/portal/

Christmas Lights Flashing to Mannheim Steamroller

2003 Christmas Display Truly Synchronized To Music Mannheim Steamroller "God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen"

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9056141420573168737

The "Classic" Musically Synced Lights

These are the inspirational house decorations syncronized to Mannheim Steamroller's "Wizards in Winter." A lot of fun. Carson Williams uses Light-O-Rama equipment to make this a reality. I love the lights and I love the song. Electrical Engineers rule.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-779682651375764094

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

http://www.wonderlandchristmas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=45

http://www.lightorama.com/

Network Outage Monitoring

What do cronjobs, Network Administration and Christmas Lights have in common. Usually nothing, but these Rutgers folks have managed to blend them together. Fun with networks never looked so, well, festive. CYA in a new way... ooorah.

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jgaynor/lights/

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/26/1550255

How do Christmas Lights Work - In Deep Detail

Being an electrical engineer forces me to have a different perspective on most things resulting in my appreciation for this web site's attempt to explain in gory detail just what makes your little lights expel visible energy. They even explain electrons do not move at the speed of light despite what text books tell... ooorah.

http://www.cvc.org/christmas/electric_xmas.htm

Ultimate Christmas Light - Star of Bethlehem

A useful site showing how Astrology and Christianity were linked at least one time in history.

http://www.greatdreams.com/christms.htm

How to Buy Outdoor Christmas Lights

It is time to deck out your trees, shrubs, windows and eaves with hundreds (or thousands) of outdoor Christmas lights? Here's some guidance for buying the right product.

http://www.ehow.com/Article.aspx?id=11048

Ugly Christmas Lights . Com

Houses where the residents are likely celebrating a happy holiday, but have no sense of decency in how they choose to celebrate. Shown is the garish, the ugly, the weird.

http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/

Outdoor Advent Wreath

How to make an illuminated outdoor Advent Wreath to countdown the Sundays to Christmas. Yours truly thinks this site will help put a little Christ back into Christmas. Tomato stakes, lights, 7 1/2 watt bulbs and a bunch of cords combine to make this possible.

http://www.johnhuggins.com/adventwreath/

Christmas Lights and How to Fix Them

Well, the way I typically fix Christmas lights these days is to throw them in the trash and buy new. However, this site explains in some detail how to fix them.

http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/RADELECT/LITES/XMSLITES.HTM

http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/RADELECT/LITES/LITESHOT.HTM

Antique Christmas Lights Museum

The Antique Christmas Lights Museum, where you'll find information about the development of electric Christmas lighting in America during the 1900-1950 time period, the years this collector considers to be the Golden Age of electric Christmas lighting.

http://www.oldchristmaslights.com/

Wikipedia

Wikipedia covers just about everything and Christmas Lights are no exception.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_lights

How Christmas Lights Work

Christmas past and present are covered nicely in this HOWSTUFFWORKS entry.

http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights1.htm

Hoax Christmas Light Web Control - Might be real now.

Interesting web site that alleges web control over lights. Donations are asked for Celiac Disease making this, perhaps, more than a hoax.

http://www.komar.org/christmas/

http://www.komar.org/christmas/hoax/

http://www.komar.org/christmas/videos/

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