Geekzone giveaway: Twinkly Bud Lights (100 RGB LED String)

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#2614632 2-Dec-2020 11:17

To save space, Our Christmas tree hangs on the wall.

I also assume it helps keep it cat safe .. but I dont have a cat to test it with.

This is my favourite ornament. dont hang it up every year, but its the ultrasound from our son .. but thats a long and involved story for another time.

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#2617708 7-Dec-2020 17:34

I've extended this giveaway to Wednesday the 16th of December (in-line with Mauricio's giveaway) and to allow for more time for others to get their Christmas trees up and posted :)

Excellent submissions thus far! Keep them coming!

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#2617709 7-Dec-2020 17:43

Finally got the tree finished...

Himself says we need more lights, so fingers crossed!

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#2617710 7-Dec-2020 17:47

I never have a Xmas tree (no-one else to see it) but if I won the lights I would love to be able to send them to my grandchildren to decorate their tree with, they get such a kick out of Xmas and thats what Xmas is about, spreading a bit of happiness.

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#2617818 7-Dec-2020 20:54

We made our own this year from locally sourced driftwood and a new RYOBI drill

The 'ornament' pictured above the tree is just to help buffer those Wellington southerlies - not part of the festivities, but the lights would be a treat for the whole city on these windows.

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#2617876 8-Dec-2020 06:31

My youngest daughter traditionally dresses herself up in tinsel each year before putting it on the tree. This year was no different but we decided to put some lights on her. I think with a battery pack and some Twinkly lights she would never take them off.

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#2618262 8-Dec-2020 17:27

Cat is not impressed

Quite a few decorations are missing as our daughter likes to play with them. A lot of them are hand made by my Mum, so a lot of them are from my childhood. Brings back good memories.

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#2618582 9-Dec-2020 11:47

Our tree is a mixture of the past 10 years homemade decorations, and the 2 or 3 new decorations I buy at 50% off each year.

Our tree decorating consists of me spending a couple of hours straightening out the branches and adding the lights, while the toerags nag at my feet, and then 5 minutes of them adding decorations before getting bored.

Anyway, my favourite decoration is the little metal caravan, it reminds me of the caravan in our driveway that doesn't get used often enough.

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#2620876 13-Dec-2020 12:52

And a further update. We had some Christmas lights but we went out for an hour and came back to find out puppy had got out and the only thing he had eaten in the rest of the house was the lights, and some chocolate. So had to take him to the vet to empty his stomach. There was a LED light inside.

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#2620899 13-Dec-2020 13:50

@bartender oh no! Thank goodness you only need new lights and not a new puppy.

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#2622679 16-Dec-2020 12:46

Any last submissions before I ask @JohnK to draw? :)

You've got until 8pm!

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#2622688 16-Dec-2020 13:08

I didn't read the part about the tree and pets!

To validate my entry:

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#2622737 16-Dec-2020 14:12

Here is my oldest putting the finishing touches to the tree.

We have old school twinking lights turned on with the a lenovo smart switch. The command: Activate Christmas.

That also turns the lounge lights red and green.

It would be amazing to next level the lighting.

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#2622827 16-Dec-2020 15:38

CokemonZ:

Here is my oldest putting the finishing touches to the tree.

We have old school twinking lights turned on with the a lenovo smart switch. The command: Activate Christmas.

That also turns the lounge lights red and green.

It would be amazing to next level the lighting.

I Have something similar, if I yell out "Alex its Christmas time" it turns on my TPLink Kasa for the basic tree lights, a set of Twinkkly Lights (that are AWESOME!), turns off my couch and kitchen lights, dims my dinning light to 10%, turns on my Philips Hue lamps in and around the Lounge /Dinning to red and green, then starts playing Snoopys Christmas.

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#2622828 16-Dec-2020 15:41

Johnk:
I Have something similar, if I yell out "Alex its Christmas time" it turns on my TPLink Kasa for the basic tree lights, a set of Twinkkly Lights (that are AWESOME!), turns off my couch and kitchen lights, dims my dinning light to 10%, turns on my Philips Hue lamps in and around the Lounge /Dinning to red and green, then starts playing Snoopys Christmas.

A note to others contemplating this, this only works if your kid is called Alex, otherwise you'll need to substitute your child's actual name.

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