Oh! Christmast tree....

Sandi and I one light strand for our tree.  When I first plugged it in, it kind of didn't work.  I shook it and then it kind of worked. Good enough!  We'll put the light strand on and get more lights during the after Christmas sales. 

Within a few days the lights stopped worked.  I was more bummed than surprised.

 

I carefully removed the lights and then looked online for LED lights.  Fred Myer came through with 1/2 the regular price.  Within 24 hours I had the new LED lights on our tree.