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The trees are up at Chez Goodneedle; not without a few headaches along the way. Lights can be a temperamental thing, even on a pre-lit tree. There's never a mention of tempers flaring and patience sorely being tested by uncooperative lights on any Hallmark movie where the tree springs instantly into brilliant life all while singing carols and sipping hot chocolate; nope, as for us we're going

The trees are up at Chez Goodneedle; not without a few headaches along the way. Lights can be a temperamental thing, even on a pre-lit tree. There's never a mention of tempers flaring and patience sorely being tested by uncooperative lights on any Hallmark movie where the tree springs instantly into brilliant life all while singing carols and sipping hot chocolate; nope, as for us we're going

For reasons too boring to detail, I needed some new lighting options. My first choice was this light, which my son bought me for Christmas.

There are several variations of these on the market. You wear it around your neck pointing down at your work. You can also shape the black part into a base to make it stand. Each side lights separately and has three different settings. It charges via USB.

A few days after that we saw this light on the clearance rack at Kroger.

It runs on batteries and has two settings. You can either clip it ...