[Zeke]

Minkoff is right, buy them at Wal-Mart just before Thanksgiving to get the assortment you want. Display them from sometime after T-Day to sometime around Jan 1 and then throw the lot out in the trash. Not worth trying to untangle these little b!tches and find the ONE bulb that is cracked or whatever.

I have all kinds of lights to use as I please each year, but the minis give me the biggest headache. They're just not worth the trouble to store for 11 months. I hated them from the start, but they do use less electricity, something I'm in favor of big time.

Several years ago, I put on the tool belt and installed the clever permanent hangers in the stucco with plastic anchors. Now it takes a hour to string the whole house. Mini icicles come in 9 foot lengths. Work around that module and you're golden.