When Christmas Day approaches, and households begin the festive tradition of decorating their homes, one woman leaves numerous shocked after revealing a little-known purpose for the often-overlooked red Christmas light.
When you prepare to decorate your Christmas tree on Christmas Day, you might chance upon a small red light bulb, and you may be left clueless about its purpose.
While some may suppose that the small red light is a spare bulb or a replacement, a woman was left stunned after revealing its true purpose during the Christmas season.
She shared a video on TikTok and explained that the small red light is intended to enhance the shimmer of other lights.
The video quickly viral video with over 19 million views and this mystery was solved.
She explained that the red light serves a unique purpose, enhancing the shimmer of surrounding lights. To prove it, she removes a single bulb from a string of lights and replaces it with a red one, creating a captivating flickering effect.
"Wait for it," she said in the video, heightening the holiday excitement as the lights begin to dance in a festive display.
The woman admitted: "I was today years old when I found out what these are for."
Belove the video, numerous people were shocked after her explanation with many confessing they had always assumed the small red bulb was merely a spare in case one light failed to shine."
One person said: 1000% thought they were spares. I have been robbed.
I used to put up the Christmas lights at my parent's house so I didn’t know that this wasn’t common knowledge While a second said.
A third commented: lol. I'm so old. I always knew the red tip was a blinker growing up in the 90s. thanks for showing my age.
Someone else said: I swear to god this app has taught me more in the last year than I have been alive.
Omg, I thought they were for if you wanted a Rudolph nose on a decoration. Another responded.
