Holiday Time electric holiday decorations
5 reports to CPSC, the latest made Nov 17, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 5reports to CPSC
- Nov 17, 2024the latest report was made
- Dec 4, 2011the earliest
- 3with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Holiday Time
- Makers
- Walmart Stores Inc. and Everstar MerchandiseMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electric holiday decorationsNot Christmas tree lightsCPSC’s product type: Electric holiday decorations (excl. Christmas tree lights) (code 1736), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Seasonal Decorations
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2024 | 1 |
| November 2016 | 1 |
| November 2015 | 1 |
| February 2012 | 1 |
| December 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- No one hurt 4 CPSC: 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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Nov 17, 2024, sent to the company Nov 29, 2024, published by CPSC Dec 13, 2024
The product, in the report: 25 count 14 ft red C9 LED indoor/outdoor lights
I had placed 25 count string Christmas lights on my gutter on the exterior and at the point of a splice that was enclosed, it had melted. The plastic around the splice was blackenes as if it temporarily caught fire.
- UPC
- 764878723224
- Bought from
- Walmart La Plata, MD
- Bought
- Nov 24, 2023, about then
- Where
- United States: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Holiday time, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Nov 27, 2016, sent to the company Dec 5, 2016, published by CPSC Dec 19, 2016
The product, in the report: Holiday time 36 LED Ultra-slim Wire Light set Warm White 12ft Wal-Mart BA03-Q36-W UPC 4897017757685
Purchased a Holiday Time 36 LERD Ultra-slim wire light set (Battery Operated) BA03-Q36-W from Walmart on 27 Nov. UPC 4897017757685. Installed 3 [REDACTED] AA batteries. Turned it on to the “Timer-Steady On” position. After less than a minute noticed the battery compartment/controller was getting hot. VERY HOT - slightly burned finger(no treatment required). turned it off an took it outside. batteries were showing signs of overheating and smelled. Will take it back to Wal-Mart to let them know but wanted to make sure it was properly reported. Had we walked away I am sure it would have caught fire.
- Model
- BA03-Q36-W
- UPC
- 4897017757685
- Bought from
- Wal-Mart
- Bought
- Nov 27, 2016
- Where
- Edmond, Oklahoma: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 52, Male
- 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
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Nov 18, 2015, sent to the company Nov 27, 2015, published by CPSC Dec 28, 2015
The product, in the report: Holiday time 50 multi color led mini lights. Indoor/outdoor on white wire. Upc 764878 78150 The model number is SYLK-50G93-2
I have several boxes of 50 count muli colored LED holiday time ( walmart) brand lights that do not have resistors and they have gotten hot and flickered. The two strands that flickered are in the trash and gone. One strand got so hot it melted a bulb/holder while I had it in my hand. I was able to unplug the strand but not in time to save it. I gave approx 50 other strands that I have yet to open since purchasing for fear of ruining all of them. This is theonly year/brand that I have come across without resistors.
- Model
- SYLK-50G93-2
- UPC
- 764878 78150
- Bought from
- walmart
- Bought
- Dec 26, 2014
- Where
- westminster, Colorado: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand holiday time, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Feb 13, 2012, sent to the company Feb 22, 2012, published by CPSC Mar 14, 2012
The product, in the report: Holiday Time LED C7 Light Set, Warm White, Green Wire, 25 count, 14 foot length, Indoor/Outdoor Use, purchased at Wal-Mart in Grove, OK
On 11/2/2011 I purchased 80 boxes of Holiday Time LED C7 Light Sets from Wal-Mart in Grove, OK. They are 14 feet long and contain 25 LED lights each. Each LED element is enclosed with a plastic globe. The box is marked “indoor/outdoor use”, and there is an Underwriters Lab label on each string. I hung the lights around the outside of the house using plastic mounting hooks made to fit the lights (same brand).
Problem: After a rain, I noticed water inside the plastic globes. Then after a freeze, the globes on many of the units popped off, exposing the LED elements. Within a few days of water in the globes, several of the strings of lights shorted out and quit functioning. My concern, in addition to the inconvenience, is that the water in the globes and the exposed LED elements presents a risk of electrocution and fire. I know that water and electricity do not mix. They are definitely NOT suitable for outdoor use.
- UPC
- 64878 72282
- Bought from
- Wal-Mart, Oklahoma
- Bought
- Nov 2, 2011
- Where
- Grove, Oklahoma: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 69, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Holiday Time, made or sold by Everstar Merchandise
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Dec 4, 2011, sent to the company Dec 9, 2011, published by CPSC Dec 23, 2011
The product, in the report: Holiday Time 70-Count LED Twinspot (Concave) Icicle Style Christmas Lights, White
On 12/3/2011, I was replacing unlit LED bulbs on my icicle lights. Each set of 70-count LED strand has two in-line short cigar-shaped devices (perhaps ballasts?). These ballasts were hard but I noticed some were hot and softer to the touch, distorted, and split exposing a green plastic. At one point I squeezed-bent one and the unlit lights (half the strand) flickered. On another in which I was replacing a few random bulbs that went out, I smelled plastic burning and looked and saw the ballast smoking and then split open exposing green plastic. I then watched it for the next 20 minutes as it kept smoking and some of the lights kept working. The board underneath the ballast was scorched black. Although it was still smoking, I finally unplugged it. It never caught fire, thankfully - and perhaps by design, but I was (and still am) a little scared that I had planned to attach that to my house. I also noticed that the fuse never blew out. In all, 9 of the 12 strands showed this damage to the ballasts. The three that were undamaged were plugged in the middle of the series of strands in the garage (package says you can connect 43 sets to a single outlet).
On 12/4/2010, I purchased 12 boxes of Holiday Time 70-count LED icicle lights from Wal-Mart and they worked well after being hung from the roof and gutters by plastic hangers made for this purpose. They were set by timer to turn on at dusk for 6 hours. The weekend after Christmas I took them down and wrapped them loosely around wood pieces (poles) and stored them in the garage rafters. The garage temperature is not controlled and this past year has ranged from (approximately) 0-110 degrees Fahrenheit. Until 12/3/2011, I turned on the lights 3-4 times for no longer than 3-4 hours and do not recall that any lights had gone out until the weather began to cool.
I took the lights back to Wal-Mart and got a refund but despite expressing my fear I saw no concern about the issue except to know whether to press Y or N on her screen for ‘Product Defective?’ That led me to be concerned that there was no process to identify or investigate this hazard. The normal procedure would have been to mail the lights back to the manufacturer but that seems like mailing criminal evidence back to the criminal (I do not mean to suggest Holiday Time are criminal). Also, given that the consumer is expected to pay to ship the lights back, there is a pretty fair guarantee that most people will not go through the trouble, which means the main indicator of a problem will be houses burning down. After seeing the lack of concern, I wish I had taken them to the fire marshal first or at least taken pictures. Thank you for your service.
- Model
- Holiday Time 70-Count LED Twinspot (Concave) Icicle Style Ch
- Bought from
- WalMart
- Bought
- Dec 4, 2010
- Where
- Henderson, Kentucky: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Holiday Time, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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