Is there a Christmas light conspiracy?

Yes. It’s like playing some games where all you have to do is pass one opportunity or make one mistake and then nothing you do after will get you a win for the game.

There is a ritual for holiday lights- you’ve got to keep them untangled as they come out of the box and also going back into the box. Don’t plug them in and test them outside the box tray. Don’t plug in/extend strings of lights assembled in different countries.~

They only work if you’ve been drinking, because they know you won’t care if they don’t. Maximum “light malfunction frustration” is required to have them not work. Liquor nullifies that. Better go have a beer.

This is what you need for Christmas, @chyna!

If it is a conspiracy, it dates back to the seventies. I fondly remember helping my father do this yearly. We would work on this for hours, him muttering “Jesus Christ” every five minutes. My mom used to laugh and say my father was saying his yearly prayers.

They just don’t make em like they used to.

Look at the box and see where they are made. Yep, there is a conspiraacy. Some poor, 12 year old, slaving in unspeakable conditions thought this would be her chance to get back at the capitalists who are buying the product that’s sapping her life through her already arthritic fingers.

Did you check the fuse in the plug ?

May Your Doe be Merry and Bright.

@marinelife That looks cool! I’m looking into it. I’ll probably buy it.

@LuckyGuy There’s a fuse in the plug? I’m sure I have the replacement fuse here somewhere handy.~

Yep. Look at the plug. There is a small door that will pop open with a small screwdriver or knife. the box of lights had 2 extra fuses inside taped to a small piece of cardboard and hidden in the box so you would not see then and throw them out with the rest of the packaging. That’s the conspiracy.

…so you would not see them

Careful, there, @LuckyGuy , or you’ll have to take your old name back. Now go read Neffie’s physicist joke on Adirondack’s thread.

@chyna You are correct. There is a secret design in them to fail after one or two years of use. This helps the manufacturers keep in business while designing new things but still embedding the secret failure part. You cracked the conspiracy! Did you solve the single gunman theory for JFK yet?

@blueiiznh Ha! Not yet but that is funny, I just bought the movie Kennedy today. After I watch it, I’ll let you know who killed him.

And it’s gotten worse the last few years. Last holiday I purchased 10 strings, this year only ½ off 1 works. And that was only after testing it like 3 times. This is very irresponsible of these light makers especially when they know they’re ending up in our earth landfills and leaving that carbon imprint. I tried to see it from the company’s point of view. If they made lights that worked year after year they’d make not nearly much money. But when it comes to tossing in our landfills, there’s no excuse. HERE’S WHAT I READ ON THE STICKER ON MY STRAND JUST YESTERDAY: It actually says the light strand is ONLY GOOD FOR 90 DAYS. I couldn’t believe what I was reading in that fine print on the sticker. Cause from experience, if I leave a stand plugged in and on they lasts sometimes YEARS. But if I take them down after the holidays and put in storage, the next year, nothing, dead. And DON’T get me started about the dumb fuses. That’s a hoax all on its own. In fact I’m betting the fuses are what eventually kills the whole strand. Cause when a strand is dead, you can still get power flowing through it. I sometimes reuse a dead strand as an extension cord. Still ALL irresponsible companies. And big waste of our hard earned money.