Congratulations You've found the new home of the Yule Lights Collection. Be sure to bookmark the site.
Welcome to my website showcasing a Christmas lighting collection from the postwar baby boom era , which is from the 1950s to the 1980s when inexpensive miniature light sets became popular. Unlike other websites devoted to those extreme Christmas displays that you can see from outer space, this site only showcases vintage sets. We are in a transition era. Just as carbon filament bulbs were replaced by tungsten bulbs almost a century ago, these are now being replaced by L.E.D. bulbs or light emitting diodes. Click on the buttons below to enter the past and enjoy!

About this website
This website contains many photos, so it is best viewed on a high resolution display. A pointing device such as a mouse or stylus is recommended. To see the animations set your browser to "view animations". The videos require a high speed connection. Acrobat reader is required to display the patent documents, which are in pdf format.
Many of the Christmas light sets on this website may be viewed lit up! Just click on the light switch.
Please note that while I try to verify information on this website, I cannot guarantee it's accuracy.
Copyright/Reuse policy -Reuse of images from this website on other sites is allowed, provided that the author or source of the photo is included in the description. This is to avoid any misunderstanding as to who created the images. Unless indicated otherwise, all photos seen here except for corporate logos and advertising, are copyrighted and created by me for this website.

There is a YouTube channel associated with this website showing lots of Christmas lights videos. See:  Radiopackrat's channel.
There is also a Flikr account which will be for new photos of Christmas decorations. See: Yule collector76
See previous blog entries.

Joseph S. Pilliteri - Webmaster, Historian, Collector.

Note new e-mail address for this site!    jsp_07026 (at) yahoo . com
Perhaps you have a question or comment, or want to point out an error or omission in the information on my site. I am always doing research and appreciate additional information. So, if you have any information to contribute, please email me at the above address.
Just fire up your favorite email program, and type in or copy/paste the above address, replacing (at) with @.
I have to do it this way to foil spammers. This is webmail so please limit any attachments to under 5 MB.

 

Website created with Microsoft Expression Web. Site hosted by GoDaddy web hosting. If you see the twinkling lights on this tree, everything is set correctly.

Last Updated 04/06/2025 Changed e-mail address and placed on home page.
01/12/2025 Added source for 6 volt miniature bulbs.
10/24/2024 Put links to YouTube and Flickr on home page.
02/16/24 Added source for candle flame bulbs.