Mini Lights

Christmas Mini Lights have been and will continue to be one of the most popular Christmas lights strings available. They are a simple, relatively hassle free light string that comes in the same variety of colors that makes large bulbs so popular. Our Miniature Christmas lights come in a variety of spacings; 2.5 Inch Spacing, 4 Inch Spacing, 6 Inch Spacing, and 8 Inch Spacing are standard. There is also a large selection of bulb counts for different strings. All spacings come in 50 bulbs and 100 bulb per string sets, but the 4 inch spacing sets come in 15 light, 20 light, and 35 light.

The smaller mini light strings have been gaining a huge following in the craft market. The trend of lighting glass blocks and emptied wine bottles is becoming more and more popular, using 20 or 35 light count, a glass drill bit, and a little ingenuity can lead some nice looking results. These smaller bulb count strings generally do not have any sort of end plug, we call them NEC sets ( No End Connector sets) and they are probably our most popular light string.

At the complete opposite end of the spectrum our Commercial 6 Inch spaced lights are the toughest and longest mini light sets we carry. Unlike most other mini lights these sets allow you to connect 6 sets end to end, these sets allow for LONG decorating runs without having to worry about extension cords. Generally standard mini light sets only allow for 3 sets to be plugged end to end.

Many of the past problems that plague mini light users have been remedied. In the not so distant past when a bulb would burn out it would usually kill half the string. Current production strings have a simple fix, a shunt. If a bulb is shunted then it has a small piece of wire wrapped around the filament leads, if the filament burns out the shunt continues the flow of electricity through the bulb. This simple little strand of wire keeps burnt out bulbs from killing half of your light strings. Now, if a bulb is loose or twisted then generally it will also kill the string. Usually this can be fixed by a light push on the top of the bulb if it's just loose, for twisted bulbs you have really inspect each bulb.

I hope this blog has given you a little insight into the world of Mini Lights, please visit our mini light page to view our selection.

Christmas Mini Lights Product Page

Fourth of July...

In less than a month we will celebrate our 232rd year as a country. July 4th is a time where we should celebrate our birth and remember what our great country was founded upon. As a way of celebrating this historic day any online order will receive a 10% discount! This is the perfect time to stock up on Red, White, and Blue C7 or C9 lights! Get Sphere lights for your July 4th or Election Parties. Get Red, White, and Blue Mini lights, perfect for around your patio when you are grilling out! We also have great LED lights that will look great and save money on energy!

Enter the Coupon Code 232USA when you are checking out to get 10% Off the products cost.
Offer valid on online orders ONLY! Discount will not be applied to an order after the order is placed.

Visit AAChristmas.com today to take advantage of the savings! God Bless America.

Long time, no blog.

So spring is in full swing and we are still getting items back in stock. We are happy to get our shipments in because some of our fellow competitors and suppliers are already running out of stock of LED. Some people call the new LED lights a "Trend", we call it a industry shift. As the country tries to save money on energy and save the planet we have started to see the real benefit of LED. We are beginning to see all the classic/traditional products being produced. C7 and C9 retro fit screw in LED bulbs are beginning to come in a flash and twinkle style.

More and more of the smaller LED light sets are coming with removable bulbs, so in the unlikely event of bulb failure you can easily replace them. We are guessing by next year we will see 75% of all LED products with removable bulbs! If you can't tell, we love our LEDs.

Patriotic Lights

2008 is a big year for America, we have a huge presidential election coming up! Though everyone has something different to say and everyone has a different view on what direction our country needs to head one this is the same for everyone. We are all Americans first and foremost and that should really take precedence over anything else.

Show your true colors with lights during this election year. All American Christmas Co. offers a wide selection of Red, White, & Blue lights that are perfect for your USA decorating. We have a selection of Patriotic colored light products such as; umbrella lights, American flags, Signs, Red, White, & Blue Spheres, and more. We sell packs of USA LED Bulbs, which have 25 Red, 25, Blue, and 25 Clear (or white) bulbs. These are a great pack for decorating around your home or office.

Click here to check out our Patriotic Lights Section.
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Zach Broyles
All American Christmas Co.

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.