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Whenever we have a reason to celebrate a happy occasion, we may use many types of decorations to bring on that festive atmosphere. One such is to illuminate the interior and exterior with holiday string lights. They are spectacular and can lend a great aura to the occasion. Holiday string lights may be used inside or outside creating many designs, as they come in many shapes, colors, and sizes. But when you select holiday string lights, be sure to select suitable ones that match with your interior and exterior décor. Some holiday string lights can give you a huge electricity bill and that thought alone may soon dull your holiday spirit. This problem will not arise if you select energy efficient holiday string lights.

There are plenty of modern holiday string lights that are energy efficient to choose from. A miniature set of holiday string lights can save you up to 70 percent energy and it is much more durable than the large bulbs that are energy grabbers. However, you may still prefer to have big lights, then, don't buy 7-watt bulbs. Instead buy five watts bulbs to save 30 percent of the energy usage. If your string lights are too old, get new ones. Though they are little expensive, they will soon save you what was spent on them as they are developed with newer technology that are energy saving.

It is always advisable to fix an automatic timer as well when setting up outdoor holiday string lights and even if it is for the interiors, as automatic timers are useful in times when you can forget to switch them off. With this timer, your holiday string lights will go off by themselves even if you have forgotten to switch off at mid night. You can also buy holiday string lights that have fewer lights if you need to conserve more power. Nevertheless, you can use a reflector behind each bulb to show them as doubles. By putting reflective garland throughout the string, you can also get a similar effect.

You can also buy LED holiday string lights that will even more energy saving for the occasion. They are available in colors such as red, green and yellow and are resistant to shock, shatters, etc., and children will not burn their hands if they happen to touch them when they are switched on for a while. Solar holiday string lights are also great energy savers. As their power source is from sunlight you don't have to pay for electricity. They are environmentally friendly as well. By surfing the Internet, you will find a wide selection of holiday string lights and they can be ordered online saving you the hassles of physically shopping for them.