Few things can be more frustrating than Christmas lights. Bulbs short out, wires fray and tangle, plugs bend and break. And even once these problems are straightened out, mounting the bulbs into orderly rows can be a challenge all its own!

Don't fret! If you are looking for hard-to-find replacement Christmas light bulbs or related accessories, from bulbs to mounting clips, timers and power strips, the full online selection of Christmas light accessory products can help you overcome all of the obstacles that might stand in the way of your holiday decorating visions.

Discover the excitement of the city this Christmas- there's plenty of holiday fun in the city that never sleeps. Delight in the lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center, stroll through the Holiday Lights at the Bronx Zoo, and indulge in some retail therapy on 5th Avenue. Take in a Broadway show or enjoy the holiday classic at the New Your City Ballet- The Nutcracker. With constant holiday events and activities on the calendar you'll find something to delight everyone in your family this Christmas!

Christmas Lighting and electrical accessories offer essential benefits to professional and home decorators alike. They provide essential electrical current, modified current distribution, convenient options for portability and showcasing, and power saving return on investment and maintenance costs. Designers especially should consider buying all Christmas lighting and electrical accessories from us because we carry a significant number of items that are rated commercial grade and available at holiday discounted price points that allow the vendor to make a profit without placing stress on client budget. Many of our Christmas electrical and lighting accessories make excellent gifts as well because they offer practical use throughout the year-- not just during the holidays. RLLD provides power taps accessories to electrical contractors and lighting designers at affordable bulk purchase options. These power taps enable virtually any electrical wiring configuration needed to support whatever theme is intended for lighting, decorating, and holiday ambience. The lamp tester is a handy lighting accessory that proves its value every time a single bulb causes a whole lighting string to go out. It helps identify bad lamps and sockets and tests for cuts in wire and blown fuses.

The power strips are perfect electrical accessories for indoor lighting schemes that require multiple fixtures and holiday lighted decorations. Perfect for hooking up pre-lit artificial Christmas trees!

Outdoor lighting enthusiasts also find some of the handiest tools available to their endeavors anywhere online. The plug in timers feature a 300-watt electrical rating and are ideal for accessories for Christmas lights and outdoor holiday scenes. Also compatible with halogen lamps, this resilient and portable Christmas light accessory solves the problem of a limited budget by offering a temporary, aesthetically sound mount for illuminating sculptures, flagpoles, trees, or even statues. In situations where lights might get wet, or where only a single light is necessary and a full-scale outdoor lighting theme would be excessive, it helps solve the problems of both budget and over lighting in a single portable unit that is easy to take down after New Years and use again the following year.

Christmas decorations play an important part of all Christmas festivities. Each house, chapel, church, market place, offices and even public places are decorated with a number of adornments bearing the Christmas theme among a host of other creative ideas. Out of all the decorations, the Christmas tree holds the most significant position in most societies across the world.


The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ dates back to perhaps the 15th century when it was first erected in Germany. Traces of the custom of decorating a tree as a part of rituals are found to be even older, to the times of the Germanic tribes who observed the festival of light around 21 December. During this festival they decorated trees with a number of adornments that may have inspired the celebrations of Christmas in the presence of a Christmas tree.

Those of us who celebrate Christmas with a tree in our homes usually choose to light it in one way or another. But did you ever stop to wonder how we got started lighting our trees?
The first lights on Christmas trees were candles that were attached to the tree branches with either melted wax or pins that held them in place. As a result of this eminent risk, most trees were decorated on December 24th and promptly removed following Christmas day. In 1882, the technology of Thomas Edison was used to hand wire 80 red, white, and blue lights onto the first electronically lighted Christmas tree. When President Grover Cleveland set up an electronically lighted Christmas tree in the White House in 1895, finally the idea began to get some publicity. The general public realized that there was a better way to light their Christmas trees.
Since the average homeowner was not well educated about how electricity worked in those days, a new industry sprung up of "wiremen" who were hired to wire the bulbs together to light the family tree.
In the early 1900's, some big department stores began setting up large illuminated trees to attract customers. In 1903, the American Eveready Company developed and marketed the first Christmas light set, which had screw in bulbs and a plug in wall socket, since many homes had been "wired" for electricity by this time. Then in 1908, entrepreneur Ralph Morris came up with the idea of taking the lights from an old telephone switchboard, wiring them on a Christmas tree, and running a battery as a power source.
But the individual who made the biggest difference in electric Christmas tree lights, and who made them affordable to the general public, was Albert Sadacca. Albert's family manufactured imitation birds in a wicker cage that lit up with electricity. At the age of 15, Albert had the idea of making electric Christmas lights. Headed up by Albert and his two brothers, Henri and Leon, the trio formed the largest Christmas lighting company in the world prior to 1965.
Today, yet another revolution in Christmas lighting is occurring. The newest offering in holiday lights are LED lights that use significantly less electricity than incandescent bulbs and burn out less frequently. Christmas tree lighting technology will continue to change as time goes on. Only time will tell what's in store for holiday lights in years to come!

Few things can be more frustrating than Christmas lights. Bulbs short out, wires fray and tangle, plugs bend and break. If you are looking for hard-to-find replacement Christmas light bulbs or related accessories, from bulbs to mounting clips, timers and power strips, the full online selection of Christmas light accessory products can help you overcome all of the obstacles that might stand in the way of your holiday decorating visions.

Replacement Christmas Light Bulbs.

C7 and C9 light bulbs are the most commonly used light bulb for Christmas applications such as string or rope lighting. "Twinkle" Christmas bulbs and ceramic Christmas light bulbs are also available in C7 and C9 sizes.

If you are using heavy duty Christmas light string, we have a range of long life bulb options appropriate to this as well. The intermediate base, medium base and candelabra base bulbs from American lighting are built to last-rated at 8000 hours each!

Christmas Light Bulb Brackets & Mounting Clips.

Don't give into the temptation to rely upon nails or other quick fixes to mount each Christmas light bulb on the string. There are a few different types of mounting clips for C7 & C9 Christmas light bulbs, which come in packs of 100. A stake mounting bracket can be used to string lights along the perimeter of your yard or garden. A regular mini light clip is also available.

Other Christmas Light Bulb Replacement Products.

Other Christmas light bulb replacement products are also available. Essentially there is everything you need to build Christmas string lights from scratch!

If you have a faulty Christmas string light, and do not know what is causing the problem, our Mini Light tester can identify faults in the light bulbs and/or electrical wire.

Christmas mini lights are a popular item among those decorating natural or artificial Christmas trees, sculptures or holiday light displays. With the advent of interesting products such as net lights, icicle lights and twinkle lights, the possibilities for easy holiday decoration are practically endless.

The following are a few varieties of mini Christmas lights that are currently being offered:

Battery Operated Mini Christmas Lights.

Battery operated mini lights are an excellent option for Christmas displays that are either far from a line power source, or otherwise need to appear cordless. Sold in sets of 12, we offer both 10 light and 20 light strings. Christmas Icicle Mini Lights.

Our commercial grade Icicle Christmas Mini Light is another quick and easy option for anyone creating indoor and outdoor Christmas displays. Drops are spaced 6" apart, with a 2.5" to 4" spacing between each bulb. We currently offer three basic icicle mini light designs, with 5" - 15", 10" - 20" and 15" - 30" drops. Each icicle mini light strand contains 100 bulbs. Mini Christmas Net Lights.

Net Lights are one quick and easy way to decorate trees, hedges and shrubs for Christmas yard light displays. Up to three nets can be connected together from a single outlet. Sold in sets of 12, our mini Christmas net lights can immediately transform your yard into a glimmering holiday display!

Premium & Commercial Christmas Mini Lights.

Our premium and commercial grade mini lights from American Lighting can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications. Twinkle Christmas Mini Lights.

Our extremely long-lasting (25,000 hours!) twinkle Christmas lights are ideally suited for permanent installation-for the holiday season or even year round. These mini lights are offered in both 15 foot and 80 foot strands, with lights spaced every 6". Twinkle Christmas mini lights are sold in sets of 12.

Our LED mini string lights are an excellent alternative to standard strings. The color strings have a lamp life of 100,000 hours, while the white light strings last 60,000 hours on average. Our LED Christmas lights have a strong UV rating, making them perfectly safe for outdoor use.Those LED Christmas lights use 80-90% less electricity than standard incandescent Christmas lights.