Patent ID: 8476835

Claim:
An entertainment device for use with a Christmas tree, the entertainment device comprising: a plurality of lighting strings to be positioned on the Christmas tree, each lighting string comprising a power input plug and a string of lights coupled thereto; a plurality of electrical power connectors receiving respective power input plugs of said plurality of said lighting strings; an audio output device; a portable file storage device having stored thereon a plurality of audio files and a plurality of associated choreographed lighting sequence files, each choreographed lighting sequence file comprising data representative of different channels for the plurality of lighting strings; at least one decoder cooperating with said portable file storage device to decode a selected audio file and associated choreographed lighting sequence file from among the pluralities thereof; audio output circuitry coupled between said at least one decoder and said audio output device to play the decoded selected audio file through said audio output device; and lighting sequence output circuitry coupled between said at least one decoder and said plurality of electrical connectors to control power output to each lighting string based upon the decoded selected choreographed sequence file and in synchronism with the playing of the decoded selected audio file.