Pre-made LED Christmas Light Strings on Sale!

When decorating for the holidays, a lot of people like to use a more traditional Christmas bulb but want all the benefits of LED's. We have your solution, C7 and C9 LED pre-made light strings.

These Christmas light strings have the look of an old fashioned Christmas buls that so many people love. They even come in many of the colors that you are used to seeing with regular incandescent Christmas lights, such as, green, red, white, multi-colored and many more. They also come on green wire which is perfect for lighting your Christmas tree or your home. 

Now for all the benefits of these pre-made light sets. LED Christmas lights won't get hot, no more worrying about your tree being plugged up when you're not at home. They use 98% less electricity, this way you save money around the holidays. These LED pre-made sets will last for approximately 50,000 hours. Also, you can plug 30 sets end to end. All of these things cannot be said about traditional Christmas lights. 

One other benefit of these light strings, they are ON SALE right now! Everybody loves a great deal at Christmas. It doesn't get any better than that. You can check out our entire selection of pre-made LED Christnas light strings here.  

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Hannah

All American Christmas Company

New Wide Angle LED Battery Sets Price

We've dropped the prices on our 5mm Wide Angle battery light sets! Now they are $6.39 a string! Our Battery Christmas lights are a major upgrade over the old style of battery powered mini lights, LED battery sets last over 25 hours with fresh Alkaline "AA" batteries!

LED sets are great for weddings, center pieces, parties, and other places where you need light without a easy to reach power source. I use them to light my jack o lanterns during the halloween season, using these keeps your pumpkin from drying out from using a candle!

We offer our battery powered LED light strings in a variety of colors in the wide angle bulb style, we are going to be updating our M5 and Short M5 Battery powered LED sets. On the right you can see the bulb next to a US Dime and a ballpoint pen. They are very small and last a long time on a few batteries they are great for small projects and even work in halloween costumes! They come in a variety of colors just like other battery sets.

Visit our Battery Powered LED Christmas Lights Page to see all of our battery sets

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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New LED Mini lights, the perfect alternative!

The lights on the left are not traditional incandescent mini lights but some of the newest LED light strings to hit the market! Their technical designation is a T5 set, these sets feature a super bright 3mm wide angle LED inside a clear plastic bulb that looks like a classic mini light. From first glance even someone like me who sees christmas lights every day has to do a double take because they are so similar!

As you may know LED sets are a decorators best friend, they use very little power, give you a very long bulb life, the colors don't fade or change, and you can plug many sets end to end. For example, Mini Christmas lights typically have a fused plugs with a 3 amp fuse but are UL rated for a max of 500 bulbs on a continuous run (that's approximately 1.5 amps worth of lights). LED Christmas lights have the same fused plugs BUT since they use such little power you can plug up to 30 sets end to end without worry!

So lets do some comparisons, if a 6" space 50 count light string is approximately 25' long and you can only plug 5 sets of mini lights together you get a max run 150 feet. With 30 sets of LED Mini lights (which are the same measurements as incandescent in this case) you would have a total run of 780 feet! With these new T5 Mini LED lights you can really save your self time and headache putting up lights. Imagine lighting your christmas tree and just plugging in one plug? Oh and the bulbs won't break and have a burn time 30 times longer than mini lights? The numbers speak for the LED sets, they are the way to go for lighting jobs, christmas or not.

Click here to view these T5 LED Christmas Lights
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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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Differences in White LED Christmas Lights

Even though LED Christmas Lights have been on the market for a number of years now the colors of "White" are still confusing. Above are the 3 main colors of White LED Christmas Lights, on the Left we have Pure White, in the Middle we have the old White, and on the Right is Warm White.

Pure White LED Christmas lights are typically the bulb style with the least amount of color to them, they are paper white, and normally fairly colorless. Of course manufacturers can vary and some sets are little blue, but compared to the old style of white they are the most colorless LED Christmas light string available.

Old Style White LED Christmas lights, now this color is slightly phased out but some people call this color Ice White or Cool White, but those terms sometimes refer to Pure white so really you have to have a in hand description if people don't explicitly state what hue the set has. We (All American Christmas Co) only have a few Christmas LED light strings in this color. These sets have a strong Blue tint.

Warm White LED Christmas Lights are the most similar to a filament style Christmas light bulb. These sets have a yellow tint to them and are much "Warmer" than the pure white led light strings. If you want to replicate the appearance of traditional style light strings it's hard to beat Warm White LED light sets.

A little history, The first "White" LED strands were the blue-ish style seen in the middle above, and during these initial runs most retailers got complaints about the color of those sets and because of that the color has tended to fall by the way side. Recently many people want this color (my guess is to replace strings they bought previously) and most companies don't have it made anymore. I tend to prefer the Pure White LED sets, the look of LED Christmas bulbs is so different when compared to incandescent that I think it's nice to go ahead and take advantage of that different look. The main thing to remember with anything you see online is that colors are represented differently on different monitors and operating systems and we can all perceive colors slightly differently so remember that caveat when buying light strings, you can always call us to get our opinion or we'll grab a set out of a case for you if we have them on hand and check what color the sets are.

Click here to check out all our LED Christmas Lights.

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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Warm White LED vs Incandescent Christmas Lights

Warm White LED Christmas lights are a great alternative to traditional Incandescent Christmas lights because the color is about as close as one can get to that warm filament lit glow that classic Christmas lights offer. The images to the left is a comparison of Warm White LED Christmas Lights and Incandescent Mini Christmas Lights.

I grabbed the one of each our of craft light cases, these LED set in the picture is our Warm White 25 count Wide Angle 5mm String, the Mini lights are our 20 count Craft Light sets. The LED Light set is on the left and the Incandescent Mini lights is on the right. Now for a caveat, Colors are subjective everyones eyes are a little different and furthermore monitors are a little different, colors on a Mac may not look like a PC, your computers color settings could be different so don't take what your eyes see on a monitor as a 100% accurate representation of what ANY color of something is.

Here are some differences in LED vs Incandescent

• LED Craft Lights use 2.4 watts a set
• Mini Craft Lights use 9.6 watts a set
• LED Craft sets generate no heat
• LED Christmas lights bulbs are molded in and won't become loose or twisted when inserting into a bottle or block.
• LED Craft sets have 24" lead wire (the plug to the first bulb)
• Incandescent Craft sets have either 24" or 36" lead wire

Click here to check out all the Craft Lights we offer!

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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The Many Non Christmas Uses for...Christmas Lights!

In our industry we call pretty much everything Christmas lights, Mini light strings, LED light strings, C7 bulbs, C9 bulbs, etc but just because they found favor lighting houses during the Christmas holiday season doesn't mean that's their only time to be used. I talked to the boss man about many mini light strings that get tossed and he guessed hundreds of thousands, and I'd say he's right. That is a sad thing because Christmas trees, garlands, and on the hedges outside aren't the only places/things you can use Christmas lights to decorate. Below I've give a little rundown on other uses for these light strings.

Making the switch to LED Christmas Lights

Switching from Incandescent to LED Christmas lights may seem intimidating if you still haven't made the switch yet. The higher price tag and non traditional look of LED may seem a little, off putting, at first but once you compare the differences you'll be more than ready to jump on the bandwagon! I've blogged many times about how little power Christmas LED lights and I think most of you have gotten the point (if not check out some of my other posts on LED light strings), so this blog won't filled with complete technobabble!

Christmas LED lights come in a variety of shapes and sizes, most of which are based off classic bulb shapes we've seen all our lives. Below I will list some of the common shapes and styles of Christmas LEDs:

	C6 Lights - These have the shape of those classic C7/C9 bulbs we grew up with but are noticeably smaller. Great for indoor Christmas trees!
	C7 Lights - The classic C7 bulb never goes out of style, we offer LED C7 bulbs in both premade sets and screw in type bulbs. Use a fraction of the power will the same great look!
	C9 Lights - Just like C7 the C9 is a classic bulb that will always look great. C9 are perfect for outdoor jobs and have that classic look that can't be beat!
	M5 Lights - M5 LED lights look like Mini lights (Twinkle, Fairy, or Italian lights to some). You can string a ton of these together! These LED lights are perfect for ANY application.
	Wide Angle 5mm Lights - Our FAVORITE, the Wide Angle LED Christmas lights have a bright bulb with a concave bulb that can be seen from nearly any angle. The best LED Christmas light bulb in our opinion
	G12 Lights - G12 are often called raspberry lights because they look like the little fruit. These are cool bulbs that would look great mixed into trees and garlands!

These are just some of the LED Christmas lights styles available, but you can use this simple break down as a spring board to plan our your holidays lighting. If you are worried about the upfront cost we recommend buy a few sets for some small projects and try them out, they won't go bad!

Check out our LED Christmas Lights Page

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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Screw In LED C7 and C9 bulbs

We carry a variety of what we call Retro Fit C7 and C9 LED bulbs. Retro fit LED bulbs screw into standard C7 or C9 sockets, so you don't have to replace all your wire if you are currently using screw in incandescent bulbs just your bulbs! This gives you a lot more flexibility in lighting with LED and you still retain all the perks that LED provide.

LED Retro fit bulbs use .96 watts a bulb! Incandescent C7 bulbs use 5 watts and C9 use 7 watts, so you are going to save a lot of money on power consumption and get a whole lot more mileage out of your wire! If you are using 18 gauge spt-1 wire you can use around 800 bulbs on one continuous run of wire, this will save many trips up and down the ladder and make tearing down your decorations so much easier!

We hand chose our Screw in LED bulbs because the look the best in the socket, the bulb doesn't sit way up high, the light in evenly spread out, and the colors are vibrant and true. We are also carrying a selection of twinkle and color changing bulbs!

Check out our re-designed LED page and all of our great LED products.

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
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C7 and C9 bulbs

C7 and C9 bulbs could quite possibly be the most recognizable Christmas bulbs in the country. You can find them on trees, homes, and businesses during the holiday season and during the rest of the year they are great for mood lighting for parties, restaurants, and other decorative purposes. C7 bulbs and C9 for that matter are a great alternative to using household size bulbs for decorating indoors because they use much less power and since you'll probably be using it as accent lighting. These bulbs come in Transparent colors in both a Steady Burn or Random Twinkle option and a Opaque, or Painted, style.

C7 bulbs are often called Candelabra base. For Christmas light and decorating applications most C7 lights you'll encounter are 5 watts. C7 base bulbs are also known as E-12 base.

C9 bulbs are larger than their C7 cousins and also use more electricity. C9 bulbs are typically 7 watts and their bases are called E-17.

Incandescent style of lights are still very popular but with energy costs going up and up many are switching to LED bulbs. We offer a wide selection of LED that go into C7 & C9 sockets, so you don't have to replace your wire if it's already hung, just swap out the bulbs. LED Christmas lights pull about 1 watt of power, whereas incandescent pull 5 to 7 to sometimes 10 watts per bulb! So a typical 100 count lightstring with filament style C7 lamps will pull 500 watts of power (4.5 amps!) and if you used LED retrofit bulbs you'd only pull 98 watts (less than 1 amp). Now LED bulbs are pricey but their long term power savings is tremendous! They are made with hard plastic instead of glass, typically have truer colors, and bulb life that will dwarf filament style lights. Here's a comparison shot of Incandescent bulbs vs. Led bulbs.

Click here http://www.aachristmas.com/vpasp/C7-C9.asp to check out all our C7 and C9 bulbs.

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Zach

All American Christmas Co.

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Craft Lights! Perfect for bottles and glass blocks.

We here at All American Christmas Co. are proud to carry the best mini light and LED craft light strings. For Mini lights our 20 count and 35 count light strings both are made with only one plug, we call these sets No End Connector sets (or NEC for short). These light strings have the male plug with up to 3 feet of lead wire (wire from the plug to the first bulb) and they end with a bulb instead of a female plug. So with these sets you cannot plug them end to end, which makes them great for decorating glass blocks or bottles.

Our 20's and 35's, as we call them, come in a variety of bulb colors with all the standard mini light colors being represented. These lights come on both Green and White wire. These strings are relatively short so you wont have a mile of wire inside your craft project, or have to have lights hanging outside the craft either, using sets that made for this type of project will help make a cleaner looking end product! Our 3 foot lead sets are great because you don't have to use and extension cord to plug the craft in in most instances!

We have a couple options for LED craft sets, we have two 25 light count sets that come on either white or green wire with Warm White leds. The sets are NEC and are a low power & long life alternative to mini lights. They have a higher upfront cost but are going to last over 10 times longer! We also have battery powered LED sets, they will last Approx 30 hours with 3 AA batteries, and would be great for decorating without having to worry about a wire running down the wall.

Click here for Mini lights & LED Craft lights!

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Zach

New LED sets for crafts!

So I've rambled and ranted about why LED bulbs and light sets are a better investment and so on, but every once in a while a new product shows up on the horizon and we get really excited in our office. We got a call from one of our suppliers/manufacturers about a new set designed for those people who need a LED for smaller scale and craft projects. After some negotiation with the factory and deliberation in our office we came up with a set that's going to be, dare I say, perfect for the niche it needs to fill.

Coming very soon is a LED light set that will have approx 20-25 Bulbs, 3-4 Inch Spacing, and no end connector and a extra long lead wire!!

...chances are you aren't as excited as we are, though, you should be if you are a fan of making crafts with Christmas lights. Imagine how you're Glass Blocks and Wine Bottles will look with these sets. They will generate no heat use very little power! The extra footage for the power chord means less extension chords, and the long life and reliability of these sets means less issues with customers. I could go on!

Stay tuned to the blog and I'll be sure to post when these great sets will be in for sale.

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Zach

Christmas LED Lights for everyone!

So we've been making sure that we're going to have the widest selection of LED lights available. We've added our new Rectified sets which are better for using on controllers. There are a lot of new specialty style LED bulbs like stars, snowflakes, and other really cool looking bulbs. We've added more sets on White Wire and light colors. There are new Auto/Boat sets that have a cigarette lighter adapter and they look great when you're driving to see the family...or taking the boat out...in December.

Visit us to see all the LED Christmas lights we offer!

Battery Powered Christmas Lights...

Battery powered light sets have come a long way in recent years. The first battery light strings used large "C" or "D" cell batteries, so you get a rather large battery pack and not very long battery life with standard Mini light style bulbs. Now www.aachristmas.com only carries Battery LED sets that run on "AA" light sets. LED lights really take advantage of the battery power supply, in our own in house test we ran a set for about 25 hours before we noticed any sort of brightness difference. Even after the 25 hour burn time the sets were still completely bright enough to be used.

Our Battery powered LED light sets have the following specs :

• 20 Warm White Concave Style LED bulbs
• Approx. 7' Strand Length with 4" bulb spacing
  
• 12" Lead from battery pack to first bulb
• Use 3 "AA" batteries

The only disadvantage to these LED sets are the upfront price, but when you start to think about how much you'll save in hassle and shelling out the cash for batteries they really pay for themselves in the long run. Their construction and power savings are really want make these sets special.

Click here to view all our Battery powered light sets.

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Zach Broyles
All American Christmas Co.

LED light burnout

A common concern with LED lights is if they have a lot of issues with burning out. LEDs generally last longer than any other bulbs on the market, on average our standard bulb sets last 200,000 hours! So if theres 365 days in a year, and each day lasts 24 hours, then a year is only 8,760 hours. So, in theory LED bulbs should last 22.83 years...That's a long time. If a LED does happen to burn out on a string the rest of the lights stay lit.

We often tell customers about the LED lights we have in our warehouse that light up the building in the dark. We're not a high tech operation, but that doesn't mean we aren't crafty. In the rear half of our building we strung up 4 or 5 sets of blue C6 led light strings along the ceiling to give a little light when its dark. These lights were put up whenever we first starting getting LED lights (maybe around 4 years ago), they only turn off when the power goes out, and they are still burning. These early LED Christmas strings are not half as good as these new sets, the technology is better and the bulbs just plain look better.

If you are thinking of making the switch to LED the benefits definitely trump the up front cost. Less electricity costs, longer bulbs life, more vibrant bulb colors.

Click here to check our LED lights

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Zach Broyles
All American Christmas Co.