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With Christmas quickly approaching, many of you will be or have already put up Christmas lights.  So, before you build your Clark W. Griswald display take a look at a couple of these safety tips for your lights this year.  These tips are from Reader’s Digest, so you know they’re good.  They’re still respectable right?

Bright Ideas for Lights
* Check each set of lights, new or old, for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires, or loose connections, and throw out damaged sets.

* Use no more than three standard-size sets of lights per single extension cord.

* Never use electric lights on a metallic tree. The tree can become charged with electricity from faulty lights, and a person touching a branch could be electrocuted.

* Before using lights outdoors, check labels to be sure they have been certified for outdoor use.

* Fasten outdoor lights securely to trees, house walls, or other firm supports to protect the lights from wind damage. Use insulated staples to hold strings in place, not nails or tacks. Or run strings of lights through hooks (available at hardware stores).

* Plug all outdoor electric decorations into circuits with ground fault circuit interrupters to avoid potential shocks.

* Turn off all lights when you go to bed or leave the house. The lights could short out and start a fire.

Got any other helpful tips?

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