Vintage Christmas Lights: My Holiday Favorite

At holiday time, I love trying to recreate some of our special Christmas memories by recreating some of my favorite parts of Christmas past. One great way to do this is by decorating your home with vintage Christmas lights. Below is a brief guide to popular vintage Christmas lights and where they are available. If you are interested in a brief education on vintage Christmas lights and their development I would suggest visiting oldchristmaslights.com.

During this time of year, old-fashioned Christmas lights bring back so many memories for me. In the 80s, while smaller twinkle lights were becoming popular, my family still used the larger, multi-colored vintage light bulbs. I loved them because they were very bright and were offered in different patterns too. These are the strings of lights where you can actually replace the few light bulbs that seem to burn out every year rather than having to replace the entire string. My parent's always had these lights and I think they are the best lights around.

The most interesting retailer I found was LED Christmas Etc. At this website you will find a large array of different types of bulbs. I would recommend this site the most for someone who wants to find some really authentic looking vintage light sets. With the rising popularity of LED lighting there are now sets of LED Christmas lights that can give that vintage feel.

Another popular set vintage Christmas light sets is the bubble lights. They are multi colored glass bulbs that are shaped like candles. Inside is an incandescent light bulb and fluid that fills the candle part of the light bulb. When the liquid is heated by the incandescent light it begins to bubble. From my personal experience you really do need to wait a little bit to allow these to heat up. I have never had an entire string of bubble lights, but we have replaced some of the big bulb Christmas lights with bubble light bulbs to add some variety.