The joyous holiday season is nearly upon us, but there’s one tradition I hope to avoid this year: dealing with burned-out Christmas lights. Each holiday season I unpack, untangle, and plug in the ...

Generally speaking, technology is improving all the time. And yet, strings of holiday lights—whether they’re for an indoor tree, or the outside of a house—never seem to get better. Sure, there are ...

A top reason that indoor Christmas tree lights malfunction is an overloaded electrical circuit. Discard damaged bulbs promptly and replace them in order to extend the life of Christmas lights. Give ...

Tis the season to untangle last year’s Christmas lights... only to find a few bad bulbs in the mix. Don’t trash that string ...

We're all looking to bring a little extra brightness into the end a difficult year. But no matter what holiday you celebrate, there's a chance you may find yourself tangling with Christmas string ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

CBC's Hallie Cotnam faced this seasonal dilemma as she recently put up string lights she purchased last year. A large section of the lights didn't work. "I was so frustrated because ...