farquing evil bastard dangly icicle style messed up hard to hang and when one goes out the whole strand dies pieces of collective poop christmas lights are finally up... put up in the rain, sleet and snow no less... ga!~ my preferance... and I will get my way NEXT year... is for a single strand of a solid colour (like purple) to trim the house frame... ~ must go take advil... it's been one of those days. :D