I purchased these gift boxed Christmas decorations to add to our outdoor entry display. They worked great. The boxes and bows were sturdy and held up great outdoors in the below 20F weather. They also came with extra bulbs in case one burns out. Our boxes were outside for five weeks, lighting up each night for 8 hours, and still look great. I look forward to using them again next year. I would recommend purchasing these as Christmas decorations.