LED Christmas Lights

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has a press release regarding the use of LED instead of incandescent lights on the Capitol rotunda "holiday tree." (My quotes.) A couple years ago when I attended the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas there were literally hundreds of vendors with every shape and design imaginable in Christmas lights done in LED. The LEDs burn substantially cooler and are vastly more energy efficient as the article states. The neatest part for me was seeing all the things that could be done with the LEDs. How long will it be until you won't be able to buy "regular" Christmas tree lights?

And that whole "holiday tree" biz is a whole other story. Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary's response to a question about Arnold's calling their Capitol's "holiday tree" a Christmas tree: "Well, that's what it is." I am unaware of any other religions that sing "O Tannenbaum." Do they decorate a tree for Kwanzaa on self-determination day or was that on economic cooperation day? (I'm not making those days up. Google them.)