# Blue Christmas lights **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 27, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907 "2006-11-27T04:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/21 "2006-11-27T22:13:41Z")
For some reason around here we always see the blue lights in the ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/22 "2006-11-27T22:43:35Z")
I like them, I think it seems more like starlight then other colors. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/23 "2006-11-27T22:51:53Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Blue is a nice calming colour, especially welcome at this time of year [/QUOTE] My favorite was a house with alternating blue and green lights. I thought it gave off an underwater feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/24 "2006-11-28T00:19:25Z")
We’ve always used a mix of blue and green lights on our house, with a few of the old white light strings. My family is jewish, but we use blue because thats usually all thats still available the afternoon of December 24th. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/25 "2006-11-28T00:29:20Z")
If I had my way my lights in my house would blind you and turn off power for blocks around everytime I turned them on. However, I live with someone who thinks one extra light is probably overkill. So our compromise is thus - I can put up all the lights I want, provided they’re blue and white. I can decorate my tree with all kinds of multi-colored ornaments, and go crazy, provided the tinsel and lights are blue and silver/white. I actually think it’s a gorgeous effect but would never admit it to him. MORE POWER FOR GREEN AND RED LIGHTS! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/26 "2006-11-28T02:40:07Z")
My son was born just before Christmas. I put up blue lights everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/27 "2006-11-28T03:33:46Z")
I like the blue lights, even though I find them kind of hard to see! My neighbors have them, and I know that they are not Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907/28 "2006-11-28T04:09:31Z")
Blue lights have a sweet nostalgic melancholy to them. Think of the Charlie Brown Christmas theme song and that’s the mood I’m referencing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-christmas-lights/381907.md?page=1)