In its Christmas Light Safety Guide, CNET said that people looking to "pull a Clark Griswold" should use the right ladder. Metal ladders conduct electricity, leading to electrical shocks.

His homage to Clark Griswold, the movie’s hapless hero, starts with more than 5,000 white lights Ray drapes over his McHenry, Illinois, home. In that effort, Ray is no stranger to Griswoldian ...