7 fun facts about Christmas Lights
It's finally Christmas week, and to help you get into the Christmas spirit, we've decided to share with you some fun facts about Christmas lights.
1) The world record for the most Christmas lights on a residential property belongs to a New York family. The Gay family hung 601,736 lights around their LaGrangeville home.
2) The Guinness World Record for the largest display of Christmas lights on an artificial tree belongs to David Richards, known as Christmas Lights Man. The tree, located in Canberra, Australia, is made up of 518,838 individual lights. David Richards also holds the Guinness World Record title for the largest image taken with LED lights. The lawyer and his wife Janean use their elaborate light displays to raise money for local charities.
3) It is currently estimated that in the United States of America alone, over 150 million sets of Christmas lights are sold every year.
4) Some localities issue fines to residents who leave their Christmas lights on for too long. In San Diego, California, United States, if residents keep their Christmas lights on after February 2nd, homeowners are subject to a $250 fine. Aurora, Illinois residents face a $50 fine if they don't remove their Christmas lights by February 25th.
5) Several homeowners associations in the United States prohibit the display of outdoor Christmas lighting. A Washington residents association has been in the news for threatening to sue a resident over his overly elaborate exterior Christmas lights, they said.
6) The biggest LED sculpture was created by Russian LED experts, who decided to create a giant Christmas ball sculpture, made up of 23,120 LED lights.
7) Every year, more than 9 million kilograms of discarded festive lighting arrive in Shijiao, China, the world capital of Christmas tree light bulb recycling. There, bales of Christmas lights are broken down into different materials and recycled into new products, such as the soles of flip-flops.
1) The world record for the most Christmas lights on a residential property belongs to a New York family. The Gay family hung 601,736 lights around their LaGrangeville home.
2) The Guinness World Record for the largest display of Christmas lights on an artificial tree belongs to David Richards, known as Christmas Lights Man. The tree, located in Canberra, Australia, is made up of 518,838 individual lights. David Richards also holds the Guinness World Record title for the largest image taken with LED lights. The lawyer and his wife Janean use their elaborate light displays to raise money for local charities.
3) It is currently estimated that in the United States of America alone, over 150 million sets of Christmas lights are sold every year.
4) Some localities issue fines to residents who leave their Christmas lights on for too long. In San Diego, California, United States, if residents keep their Christmas lights on after February 2nd, homeowners are subject to a $250 fine. Aurora, Illinois residents face a $50 fine if they don't remove their Christmas lights by February 25th.
5) Several homeowners associations in the United States prohibit the display of outdoor Christmas lighting. A Washington residents association has been in the news for threatening to sue a resident over his overly elaborate exterior Christmas lights, they said.
6) The biggest LED sculpture was created by Russian LED experts, who decided to create a giant Christmas ball sculpture, made up of 23,120 LED lights.
7) Every year, more than 9 million kilograms of discarded festive lighting arrive in Shijiao, China, the world capital of Christmas tree light bulb recycling. There, bales of Christmas lights are broken down into different materials and recycled into new products, such as the soles of flip-flops.