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3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Nov 12, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 3reports to CPSC
  • Nov 12, 2023the latest report was made
  • Jan 1, 2020the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Holiday Time
Maker
Walmart Stores Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Christmas tree lightsCPSC’s product type: Christmas Tree Lights (code 1711), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Seasonal Decorations
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)

“Holiday Times”

By month

1 report from December 2022 to November 2023; the most in November 2023, 1. 2 earlier reports, since January 2020, are in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20231
November 20221
January 20201

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 2 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
  • No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No incident, no one hurt

    Made Nov 12, 2023, sent to the company Nov 14, 2023, published by CPSC Nov 29, 2023

    The product, in the report: 11.75” LED Color-Changing Christmas Tree Topper, White Snowflake, Holiday Time

    Tree topper started on fire

    Model
    17-257s
    Bought from
    Anthem, AZ Walmart, Arizona
    Bought
    Nov 1, 2022, about then
    Where
    New River, Arizona: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 41, Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Holiday Time, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    No Incident, No Injury
  2. No one hurt

    Made Nov 29, 2022, sent to the company Dec 9, 2022, published by CPSC Dec 23, 2022

    The product, in the report: 300 clear mini Christmas light set

    Purchased Holiday Time 300 clear mini lights, I had placed these lights on our Christmas tree. Approximately an hour later I smelled burning plastic and found a bulb melted into the light base and into the tree. No injuries occurred. It could have caused a fire if I wasn’t sitting in the room.

    UPC
    6487866148
    Bought from
    Walmart
    Bought
    Nov 26, 2022
    Where
    Quincy, Ohio: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 2, Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Other Relative
    As this report names them
    Brand Holiday Time, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  3. No one hurt

    Made Jan 1, 2020, sent to the company Feb 7, 2020, published by CPSC Feb 24, 2020

    The product, in the report: 50 LED Warm White Mini Lights: Green Wire: Lighted Length 10.5ft. Model 78-518A UPC 761878785185

    The product was being used in conjunction with a garland on a fireplace mantle. I was plugged in approximately 4 hours a day during the Holiday season. One night, we smelled what we would describe as an electrical burning smell. After investigating, I fortunately discovered that half of the strand was not lit and the smell seemed to be coming from the mantle. I immediately unplugged the light strand. The next morning, we unraveled the strand from the garland and noticed that one of the two green nubs on the line had completely melted.

    Model
    78-518A
    UPC
    761878785185
    Bought from
    Walmart
    Bought
    Dec 1, 2012, about then
    Where
    Clovis, United States: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Holiday Times, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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