Fairy lights feature tiny LED bulbs on a thin, flexible metal wire that can be bent or shaped to fit around decorations or into tiny spaces. Many LED fairy lights are battery powered with a convenient timer function, however some longer strings have plug in adapters.
What are the little light bulbs called?
Candle Bulbs This group of bulbs and candle LEDs is used in chandeliers, outdoor lighting, and small accent lamps.
Why is it called fairy lights?
"Fairy lights" are so called because they use tiny bulbs which were called "Fairy Bulbs" in early catalogues of electrical components. Here's one, from around the 60's by its construction as earlier ones had bigger glass shells. All early fairy bulbs used a miniature Edison screw mounting.
What are fairy lights called in America?
From Wikipedia: Christmas lights: Christmas lights (also called twinkle lights, holiday lights, and mini lights in the US and fairy lights in the UK), that are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season are amongst the most recognized ...9 jul 2012