Can you believe it's time to start bringing out all the holiday decorations?

As I was driving to meet clients over the weekend I was listening to the radio and the DJ was asking "how many of you hate taking out all the holiday lights and untangling them only to find out they don't work (that's me!!) or better yet you can't figure out which light went out so you could replace that one versus the entire string." That's me!! Last year I bought all new lights and I wrapped the whole tree only to discover one string of lights was not working. My sister is still laughing at my misfortune. If this is the year you thought I'm getting new lights or your old ones are no longer working you need to follow me over to Home Depot.

If you take in your old incandescent light strings for recycling into any Home Depot store you will receive a $3 off coupon for the purchase of energy efficient LED lights. There is a limit of 5 coupons per customer. Some of the benefits Home Depot lists for using LED lights versus incandescent:

* LED lights use 80% less energy than the traditional incandescent lights
* They can last up to 10 times longer than traditional lights
* Cool to the touch (that's a plus especially if you have little ones)
* One 7-watt incandescent bulb could power 140 LEDs! That's enough to light two 24 foot strings - WOW!

The trade-in ends November 15th so start pulling out all those old lights!

To learn more about this program and how holiday lights are recycled go to: www.HomeDepot.com.