The present invention is an improvement to a ceiling fixture which includes a retaining clip affixed to the base plate of the ceiling fixture, the retaining clip having a pair of vertically spaced apart parallel arms with receiving members therein. The socket has a spring clip affixed thereto with spring arms having retaining members thereon. The retaining members can be inserted into the receiving members of the retaining clip with the socket face down so that the interior of the socket faces the base plate and is retained in this secure manner during shipping. When the fixture is ready to be installed, the arms of the spring clip on the socket are pressed together to remove the spring arm retaining members from the retaining clip, the socket is turned one hundred and eighty degrees so that the lightbulb receiving opening extends away from the base plate and the retaining members from the spring clip are once again inserted into the retaining means on the retaining clip and held therein for the in use condition to receive a lightbulb in the socket.