Come on George, you know the NEC doesn't apply to holiday decorations. You can run zip cord in an "assembly" occupancy, string lights outside in the snow that wouldn't be safe at 12v but run on 120. This is when they sell 3 packs of cube taps and cheap extension cords by the cartful.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Christmas lights in a hospital room.
If you are ever going to trip a breaker it is usually at Christmas.
What could possibly go wrong with putting a tree in your house that was killed a month and a half ago, hauled half way across the country and stacked in the sun for a few weeks. Then you take it home, pack it with a kilowatt of asian lights with questionable listing marks and ignore it for hours.
Is there anyone here who doesn't have a Christmas fire story a friend of a friend away (or closer)?
