I need to stock up on, uh, tree bulbs during the holidays. Yeah, tree bulbs. That’s it. Those big bright white ones.
Okay, my rant. We have had an artificial tree with gold mini-Christmas lights for over a decade. I loved the nice soft glow those lights gave to the tree and you could see my ornaments very clearly.
I also have been collecting Hallmark ornaments for longer than that and have some of the light/light & sound ornaments. These are mostly Star Trek ornaments. (Whenever I turned the tree lights on, Worf wishes me Ka-Pah.) Anyway, the lights were finally burning out so, last year we had to get new lights for the tree. It was at this point that we came to realize that you could no longer get the type of lights that we had on our tree; but, we had to buy much smaller bulbs that were "eco-friendly". Well, we have a lot of lights on our tree, but they are not very bright and make it hard to see the ornaments. But, the kicker was that I could no longer plug in my lighted ornaments because the ornament plug no longer fit into the light fixture. So, no more Ka-Pah from Worf, or Spock wishing me a Happy Holiday, and to Live Long and Prosper.
It may not seem like a tragedy; but, this was part of the tradition at our home, and all I want is to buy the type of lights that I have always used. If other people wanted to buy the "eco-friendly" lights, go right ahead; but, why do I have to buy something that doesn't work as well just because a few idiots have decided that no one should use what they consider to be excess energy.
My husband found somewhere where this had changed in 2001, so I really should have been aware; but, somehow missed it. Still, aggravating.