Ria, I grumble at both of those too
Also, I’d just like static lights but they’re so hard to find. I’d settle for gentle twinkling ones but none seem to do that. On the tree upstairs I have multifunction ones which thankfully seem to have remembered that they’re set to static mode. Downstairs I have ones which I have to set to static mode each time I use them but there’s a remote and just a number to press.
Both sets are the very fine copper wire ones from Amazon, around £10 for 200. I also have a set on the tree by the front door, they’re battery ones as there isn’t a plug socket near the door inside and again I have to use a remote but this is the third Christmas that I’ve used them.