If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Philips Hue Festavia string lights look great and add a lot of fun to any holiday decor. They’re ...

How do you like your Christmas lights? We all have our preferences, and we’re spoiled for choice, making it easy to decorate our trees exactly the way we want. You can pick white lights, multi-color ...

Apparently, decorating Christmas trees with little vials of methyl chloride was extremely popular in the 50s and 60s. Because methyl chloride has a low boiling point, a small bulb can generate enough ...

When the holidays roll around and it's time to start decorating, string lights are the bane of many festive folks' existence. Mostly due to the seemingly endless tangles and tracking down dead bulbs.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The $160 Festavia string lights are 250 mini smart LEDs on a 66-foot cord, so you can glow up your Christmas tree ...

Just in time for the holidays, new Philips Hue Festavia string lights offer a smart decoration experience thanks to the companion app. Philips Hue Festavia includes 250 mini smart LEDs attached to a ...

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Holiday decorating is a fun tradition, but the process of hanging Christmas lights can be tedious and frustrating. There's nothing worse then finding faulty bulbs or tangled wires as you're wrapping ...