Looking across the street 2 weeks ago our family noticed something…lights! Christmas lights, and lots of them. Our neighbors have all decided to go out for Christmas.
As happy as this light display made our family, we were also disappointed. into ourselves Our house has no lights, our house is dark, and the cars that ride their slowness oh so fun fun light display. That bastard!!!
We had a mission. We need lights, we need a lot of em’.
First we went to Home Depot where we split the bill for the $280.00 lights. So, no exaggeration, the bill for the lights came to $280.19. 5 The people are divided, although it does not sound so bad. Lipa would be proud too, because we bought 80% of the leads, which netted us a $2.00 savings from LIPA coupons. Yay for energy saving.
After putting the lights on the roof, store the windows and doors, and hanging last years lights on the trees, we were in good shape. Our house looked good, damn good too.
The guy across the road though….grrr….his lights looked even better!
Our next light took us to Walmart. We know we had a lot of lights, but what we were missing were the final touches of the wars. You know, lit notes, tribulations, or maybe some inflatables.
We came across a few and put them in the cart. I will drop something nice on the island; Fired Candy Cane Sticks, only $2.27 each.
I knew he could see the perfect lining on our front lawn. 4 to each side, and we were good to go.
Sustain:
Candy canes are pretty easy to set. The only difficulty we ran into was that the stakes were working out the holes with the wires hanging from the bottom. You had to slide the wire into the stake slot correctly, otherwise you could seriously end up splicing the wire. It generally took about a minute or 2 per barrel to slide the threads into the pegs properly.
After all this we had to plug the lights together. They gave us a distance of about 2 feet apart to line them up. I liked this because it took the guess work out of the whole process. Each Candy Cane Light Stake was properly spaced from each other, and the stakes slid easily into the ground.
At night the Candy Cane Light Up Pole really brought a nice fun look to the light show we went to. Let your heart go out to the guy across the street! Bwhahaha!!!
Over:
For only $2.27 you can’t go wrong. The Candy Cane Lighted Poles are inexpensive, look great, and are a great addition to your Christmas light display. I recommend 8 of the stakes for the best result, but honestly 4 lights, and look just as good.
You can pick up the stakes (which are about 2.5 feet tall) at any local Walmart. Canes do not come packed in boxes. They are sitting on the porch in a big box to the Christmas lights on the island. Get ’em before they are.
I have not been able to locate the stakes that I am reporting on for sale. You can buy similar lights in a box set of 4 for $9.94 on their website. However, these particular lights are smaller than what you can find in the actual store.
