With the help of a microcontroller, a few strings of GE Color Effect Christmas lights can be easily turned into a fully programmable LED strip, or if you are so inclined, a huge RGB LED display.

LED Christmas lights are here to stay. They offer the benefits of low energy consumption and no heat, but can you live with the color? Flickr user Solarbotics/CC 2.0 In 2006 the Capitol Christmas tree ...

Holdouts to the LED Christmas light revolution are finding it harder to get replacement bulbs for well-loved incandescent strings that have been passed on within families. Steve Walls of Oklahoma has ...

The Lompoc Conservation District has launched an LED Christmas light exchange program that gives local businesses and residents the option to swap out old, inefficient holiday light strings for new ...

Snow, decorations and shoppers rushing home with their treasures. Yep, it's beginning to look a lot like a traditional Christmas, but don't tell the holiday light manufacturers that. Nearly every ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Home Depot sold 40,000 miles of Christmas light strings last year.

In 2006 the Capitol Christmas tree was adorned with 100 percent LED lights, and the following year the Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center went LED. Yes, the time-honored tradition of ...