Solar Christmas Lights-a Gift That Keeps on Saving

 Now I know that the idea of giving solar Christmas lights as a Christmas gift does sound a little bizarre, and this is partially because it’s a gift that they probably won’t use for another year. There are however solar systems such as the net or fairy lights that could possibly be used year-round. There is also the fact that by just changing the color of the light bulbs, they can be used as decorations for other holidays. For example, by changing the bulbs to orange, you now have a set of solar Halloween lights. As you can see in the video below if you use white light bulbs, they become decorations which can be used at any time .

All right, so I’ll admit it still might seem a bit bizarre to use them as a Christmas gift, and exactly how favorably solar Christmas lights would be received would depend on just how green the receiver was. But let’s face you would be giving a gift that was actually good for the planet, now how often does that actually happen. Of course if you’re really into that, I could use a hybrid car.

Still as another idea, you could give them instructions on how to build their own solar Christmas lights. Now I would consider that a fun project, but then I like a challenge. I mean essentially all you need is a solar panel, a battery, and some strings of LED lightbulbs. Now that I look at it it actually sounds simple, I’m sure someone’s written up some plans for such a project, and if they haven’t then maybe I will.

I would like to say however, that even if you think giving solar Christmas lights for a Christmas present is lame or not, I hope you’ll still consider using them for your own holiday lighting. I’m sure that long before Christmas gets here, I’ll probably have a post up here on how to build your own solar Christmas lights, but that’s another story