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The next ‘major holiday’, from a marketing standpoint, is Halloween. Expect that in the next few weeks there’ll be the usual endcaps and displays at the big box stores. This is a good time to pick up Cyalume-type lightsitcks. If you’re lucky, the day after Halloween might be an even better choice when they’re marked down. They do have a shelflife, so its usually a good idea to replace/rotate your stock of them every so often. I have some that are over five years old that seem to work reliably but I try to keep them rotated anyway…just in case.