basskisser wrote:


They don't. But how many candles do you see on Christmas trees or on
boats during Xmas parades? Not to overly confuse you, but do you
comprehend JimH's original post? Do you think he was "stringing"
candles outside of his house? Furthermore, let's just ask Chuck, seeing
how JohnH was referring to Chuck's lights on his boat for the holidays.
Chuck, are the lights you are putting on your boat powered by
electricity?

Indeed. The two strings that I cable-tied to the bow rails will draw
something less than 6 amps, (based on the 3 amp fuses in line), and I
should get several hours of light out of the two golf cart batteries I
use for the "inverter" bank.

Light is an important part of all solstice traditions. The Norse used
a lot of candles and lights during their traditional solstice
celebrations, and continue to do so now that Christianity is the
dominant religion in that region. The three Persian astrologers in the
New Testament followed a "light" of sorts, (even though a careful
reading of the text would indicate that their visit to the baby Jesus
occured when he was about two years old rather than on the night of his
birth). Yule logs, bonfires, torches, minorahs, candles, light bulbs,
or whatever. On the shortest and darkest days in the northern
hemisphere each year any source of light is welcome and also serves as
a reminder that we have "bottomed out" and
there will be progressively more warmth and light as each additional
day goes by.