What could be better than dressing your home for holiday cheer while saving electricity? Solar Christmas lights can help you do just that and they are convenient to use. They don’t have to be plugged in, so placement options are increased. Solar Christmas lights use LED or Light Emitting Diode technology instead of filament bulbs, which not only saves power and creates vivid light, but also stays cooler than typical bulbs. Cooler bulbs mean less chance of fire.

Solar Christmas lights are available in many varieties from white or single color options to multi-colored, from round to traditionally shaped, and from individual lighted decorations to light sets and string lights. You can also find garden stakes with solar lights in Christmas themes. There are LED lights available for indoor use, and they use a fraction of the energy of regular holiday lights.

String lights are available with a varied number of lights per string. Small strings are perfect for framing a window, while larger strings may be used to decorate porch rails or banisters, outdoor trees, or the perimeter of the home. Garden stakes or other individual lights may have self-contained units for collecting solar power to charge batteries, while string lights usually come complete with a separate solar panel. Solar Christmas lights that come with a separate panel can be placed nearly anywhere as long as the panel is placed in the sun. While solar Christmas lights can still be recharged on days with less than optimal sun, they won’t be as bright or stay lit as long as they do when they get full sun.

Solar Christmas lights are becoming very popular, which has led to increased availability and design choices. Now, instead of plain, round lights, they are available in assorted shapes from stars, hearts, bells, and snowmen, to penguins, igloos, snowflakes, Santa designs, and more. Solar Christmas lights are also now offered in comparable designs to traditional Christmas lighting as well.

If you want some really impressive solar Christmas lights, look for those that come with a remote control. Impress your friends and neighbors with options that allow you to create your own light show. Some solar Christmas lights let you change the level of light output or change the color of the lights with the remote control. The best part is that along with enjoying holiday cheer and getting creative with the cool options, you can also help conserve energy with solar Christmas lights.