The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall on holiday lighting sold by Walmart and Target.
The “Fast Track Recall” was issued on December 12 after the agency received multiple complaints about the device overheating, with one fire reported. The recall involves a decorative tree light controller that operates wirelessly to turn on holiday lights on a tree. The decorative controller contains two parts: a lever or a switch that can be pulled to turn the holiday lights on or off, and a separate white receiver that plugs into an outlet and into which the tree's holiday lights are plugged. The controller sold at Walmart and Cracker Barrel is shaped like a green, red and white peppermint candy with a candy cane on/off lever, and displays the words "Christmas Light Controller". The white wireless receptacle that is plugged into an outlet contains the words "Mr. Christmas.”
