Mr. Christmas Recalls Wireless Decorative Tree Light Controllers Due to Fire Hazard
Home product recall 25-067. Announced by CPSC on Dec 12, 2024.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 12, 2024. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 44,600 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The wireless receiver that plugs into an outlet can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using this product and return it to their place of purchase to receive a full refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: Mr. Christmas at 800-489-6328 any day of the week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT, email at recall@mrchristmas.com or online at www.mrchristmas.com/recall or www.mrchristmas.com and click on the “Recall” hyperlink on the bottom of the webpage for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves a decorative tree light controller that operates wirelessly to turn on holiday lights on a tree. The decorative controller contains two parts: a lever or a switch that can be pulled to turn the holiday lights on or off, and a separate white receiver that plugs into an outlet and into which the tree’s holiday lights are plugged. The controller sold at Walmart and Cracker Barrel is shaped like a green, red and white peppermint candy with a candy cane on/off lever, and displays the words “Christmas Light Controller”. The controller sold at Target is sold under the Wondershop™ brand and is shaped like a square on/off switch box with green, red and white balls, and displays the words “Tree Lighting Switch”. The white wireless receptacle that is plugged into an outlet contains the words “Mr. Christmas” and one of these three model numbers printed on the white receptacle: 39611, 39612 or 39630.
About 44,600 units, as CPSC gives them.
Wireless Decorative Tree Light Controllers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 6 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled Target Wondershop Decorative Tree Light Switch
- Recalled Target White Receiver displaying Model Number 39630
- Recalled Walmart Mr. Christmas Decorative Tree Light Controller
- Recalled Walmart White Receiver displaying Model No. 39611
- Recalled Cracker Barrel Decorative Tree Light Controller
- Recalled Cracker Barrel White Receiver displaying Model No. 39612
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Mr. Christmas LLC, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Imported by Target Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota for Wondershop™ branded products.
- Imported by Walmart Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas for Mr. Christmas branded products.
- Imported by CBOCS Distribution Inc., Lebanon, Tennessee for Cracker Barrel branded products.
- Walmart, Target and Cracker Barrel stores nationwide and online at Walmart.com, Target.com and CrackerBarrel.com from July 2024 through November 2024 for between $25 and $40.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 10 reports of overheating, including one report of a fire. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 24, 2026.