We got some of the new style LED Christmas lights this year. We got four strands from a couple different places. So far I like them, but they got me to thinking about something.

Lots of people are now sporting LED Christmas lights and this is due to energy concerns. Anything easy that can help the environment is great in my books.

My big question is those inflatable, light up deals that had snow blowing inside. Surely those must suck back the electricity. How can they not? Turn on your vacuum for a few hours, and shine a spotlight on it. Would you do that in your house? Probably not, but many people do this every night over the Christmas season with these things. Some of them are huge, and very elaborate.

For many reasons, we won’t own one of those , but one of them is the fact that I just can’t believe they are energy efficient.