And because it was the 80s, we used orange bulbs in them, you know for enhanced effect. You could walk around the house literally without any other light on and see relatively well because of how bright they were. As a child I loved this built in night light and I would screw and unscrew the miniature bulbs all the time. I would imagine Santa arriving and catching a glimpse of his sleigh just beyond their luminosity. They stayed on all Christmas Eve night.