# Which Christmas lights will blink just so?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-christmas-lights-will-blink-just-so/218217 "2003-12-11T00:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-christmas-lights-will-blink-just-so/218217/1 "2003-12-11T00:15:58Z")

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Broken ones.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-christmas-lights-will-blink-just-so/218217/2 "2003-12-11T00:59:08Z")

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The ones that got peed on last Christmas.

Really, are you talking about the ones that blink on and off, or the ones that have a “chasing” blink pattern?

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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-christmas-lights-will-blink-just-so/218217/3 "2003-12-11T02:10:44Z")

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What happened to the OP???

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**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-christmas-lights-will-blink-just-so/218217/4 "2003-12-11T07:02:24Z")

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Okay, I don’t know WHAT happened to the OP. But here is something like it… I want some lights, but I need this certain kind.

I want the kind that are bigger (C-7s, I think they are called). But I want the kind where each of the individual bulbs will blink independent of the others – I hate those kind that the whole string blinks all off, all on, and the chasing lights are even worse. Do you all know what I mean?

I’ve seen the bigger lights that blink this good way occasionally, but have no idea where to start. I looked at Hobby Lobby, but all I saw were just the normal large bulbs with no blinking mentioned. I guess I am looking for a brand name or some clues.

It would be nice to have a tree with the big bulbs on it, and then have one or two strings of lights that blink a little but not all at once. So there is some movement in the light, but not in a Las Vegas strip kind of way.

I’m trying to find out where to look before I go out to shop, since I am recovering from the flu and my shopping (and money with which to do so) is really limited at this point.

That may also mean I am not catching all my typing errors, even though I feel like I have deleted more letters than I’ve typed.

Anyway, please let me know if you can help me find some of these lights.

Thanks, Bethany