Cornered by Mike Baldwin for December 09, 2023

The costs of lighting have “circuitly” gone into space.

By the time you get them home, they’ll be tangled.

Buy the tangled. They’ll be like that by the time you get home anyway.

Interesting placement of the “BULK” sign.

Don’t worry, If you mistakenly bought the untangled kind, for a small fee I will tangle them for you.

I never regretted getting a pre-wired tree with choice of colored or white lights. With the cost of real trees these days it’s win/win.

and after you untangle them one light goes out…

Hey… they sell pre-flocked trees! Why not pre-untangled lights!? There might even be a service that will come take them down after Christmas and re-tangle them for you.

And then the lights went out in Georgia…

I’ve had my little prelit tabletop tree for around 25 years. I just plunk it on a table, “fluff” it up, plug it in and hey, presto!

I’ve never had a problem with tangled lights and I’m less than careful putting them away, just coil and plop in a box.

Excellent cartoon, Mike!

Do they have a check station so you can plug them in to ensure all the lights work?

How much are the ones with all working bulbs?

Never mind, I probably couldn’t affort it.

Easy choice, tangle lights are a Christmas tradition and you don’t want to break with tradition.

Nope. Save the ten bucks. The untangled will become tangled the minute you touch it.

Those are knot for sale.

I get my Christmas bulk in bulk, too. Usually around 10 to 20 pounds around my middle- spare tire.

IJBOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And kept it up, and at my age, that’s not an easy thing to do…

If they work, I’ll untangle them and pocket the difference…….

I enjoy untangling things, literally and metaphorically.

I’d rather untangle a pile of clothes hangers.

Our tree is pre-wired but that doesn’t stop my wife from adding more. If it isn’t visible to the crew of the ISS it isn’t bright enough.

everyone enjoys a little light humor…

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