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Decorate Your Home with Solar Powered Christmas Lights (Video)

Go green this holiday with user-friendly tips from Steve Thomas of Planet Green's Renovation Nation.

Josh Peterson

By Josh Peterson
Fayetteville, AR, USA | Thu Dec 11 09:00:00 GMT 2008

Steve Thomas, host of Renovation Nation, is here to illuminate our Christmas. His electric idea can help power our holiday cheer without doing harm to the environment.

Many of us celebrate this time of eggnog and polar elves by enwrapping our homes with colorful electric lights. Spools of stringed lights are untangled amidst the frustrated shouts of our fathers. Ladders are gingerly climbed. Weekends may be spent lashing these lights to the sides of our domiciles. We finish and step back. The lights turn on. A gasp escapes our lips. It is truly a spectacle of beauty.

But then, a month later, the electric bill comes. Those lights were expensive, and all those Christmas presents for the kids didn’t ease the economic burden much either. Quickly, our minds turn to the coal plants that may have powered our Christmas lights and we begin to feel a bit guilty about all our holiday consumption.

Luckily for us, Steve Thomas is coming to rescue this Christmas. His Planet Green Holiday Highlight showcases a unique and green way of harnessing electricity to power those Christmas lights. His solar-powered solution will make your holiday seem all the brighter. Dream of a white Christmas while living a green one.

More on Lighting:
How to Go Green: Lighting
Green Lighting : By The Numbers
How to Choose Outdoor Solar-Powered Lights

Want to create the perfect eco-nest? Get the nuts and bolts (pun intended!) on building green on Planet Green TV's Renovation Nation.

 
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