: In just minutes you can make sure your Christmas tree meets the requirements “merry and bright”Standard. With a little planning, your holiday lighting goals can be achieved.

“Test Your Lights”Tuesday is November 22nd and continues through Christmas. To test your holiday lights, mark your calendar.

“There’s nothing more frustrating than gathering the family to decorate the tree or house only to find some of your light sets don’t work,”John DeCosmo (CEO of Ulta-Lit Technologies), creator of the LightKeeper Pro is an innovative tool that not only locates the bad bulb on a string but also illuminates the remaining working bulbs.

“With just a few pulls of the trigger, you can reclaim your special family moment and become the hero who saves Christmas,” DeCosmo says.

LightKeeper Pro’s price of $19.99 is affordable and environmentally-friendly. A few defective bulbs can often save users money and reduce the cost of replacing entire strings of lights. You don’t have to throw away old sets of lights.

Ask for help — no cost: UltaLit’s lighting professionals are available to answer any questions you may have between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas at (888-858-2548). They also accept calls throughout the year during normal business hours to be of greater assistance. Visit the Ulta–Lit website. Ulta-Lit.

Here are some tips and tricks from the pros who have over 100 years experience with light sets:

* Measure: Using your two hands, touch your pointer fingertip to your other pointer fingertip. Take your thumb tip and place it on your other thumb tip. All four tips should be combined to make a maximum 1/8″ diamond. Stand no closer than 10 feet from the lit tree. Take a look through the diamond and look at the tree side-to-side, top to bottom. This will allow you to see dark spots that may need additional lights.

* Quality vs. price: Commercial-grade light sets are more reliable for outdoor use because of their durability and thicker insulation.

* Decide on LED vs. incandescent: LEDs are more expensive than incandescent lights, but they last longer. An average Christmas season can see a tree that contains 1,000 incandescent lights costing $10. A tree with 1000 LEDs would run about $1.50.

* Replace and repair: If you notice one or two unlit bulbs within a section that is primarily operating properly, replace those bulbs ASAP. The lifespan of a light set can be decreased by as much as 39 percent by having two burned-out bulbs, and by as much at 67% by having four.