They're "Christmas lights" only when they're actually being used as holiday decorations.
Not in the South. I've never heard them referred to as anything but "Christmas lights", even when they're being put up for other holidays.
A sweet shop would be a candy stall (or a specific kind of candy -- a toffee apple stall, a fudge stall, etc.)
You know, I haven't seen a food stall at a fair since I was a kid. All of them seem to use food service trucks, now. And less with the candy apples and more with the deep-fried Snickers bars (a favorite at our state fair.)
When I was a kid, the county fair still featured a freak show and a hootchie-cootchie tent, but I can't recall seeing the latter at the fairs hereabout since I got married.
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Not in the South. I've never heard them referred to as anything but "Christmas lights", even when they're being put up for other holidays.
A sweet shop would be a candy stall (or a specific kind of candy -- a toffee apple stall, a fudge stall, etc.)
You know, I haven't seen a food stall at a fair since I was a kid. All of them seem to use food service trucks, now. And less with the candy apples and more with the deep-fried Snickers bars (a favorite at our state fair.)
When I was a kid, the county fair still featured a freak show and a hootchie-cootchie tent, but I can't recall seeing the latter at the fairs hereabout since I got married.