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Nov 29th 2013, 11:30, by Susie Ochs

We wish you a techy Christmas

The holidays are a feast for the senses—from the taste of cookies and cocoa to the sound of jingle bells and the scent of pine trees. And oh yeah, the sight of hundreds of thousands of blinking lights everywhere you look. (Half a million on one house, if you happen to visit the world-record-setting Richards residence near Canberra, Australia.)

Even if you don't want to go full Clark Griswold this year, we found 12 high-tech ways to make the season just a little brighter. They range from DIY snow machines and animated light shows all the way to plug-and-play products that require no knowledge of circuitry or soldering. However you celebrate, we wish you a wonderful, safe, and high-tech holiday season.

Brite Star Magic Touch Symphony of Lights

Brite Star's lights are a little expensive—$50 for a string of 15 from Brookstone, and only slightly less on Amazon, at $42. They aren't app-controlled: A small box at the end of the strand has two buttons that let you toggle between the seven colors and four patterns.

The indoor/outdoor bulbs are lovely, and the blinking and chasing patterns go at a nice speed—not so fast that they'll give you a headache. You can use up to 40 sets together, and the colors and patterns stay synced. Hackers will be pleased to know that each bulb closes with just four little screws, so you can access the tiny circuit board if you want to modify anything yourself.

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