The first Christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand-wired large red, white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. The first Christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882.

As we revel in glittering displays of holiday lights this season, we can hark back to the “tech and awe” the nation felt when Thomas Edison unveiled his first twinkling Christmas lamps in 1879 ...

First string of Christmas tree lights In 1882, Edward H. Johnson, Edison’s friend and partner in Edison’s Illumination Company, strung together the first string of electric Christmas tree lights.

In 1900, eight years after General Electric purchased the patent rights to Edison’s bulbs, the first known advertisement for Christmas tree lights appeared in Scientific American Magazine. Like ...

The public still didn't trust electric lights as a safe alternative to candles, but that changed after President Grover Cleveland featured the first electrically lit White House Christmas tree.

In 1882, after Thomas Edison developed a practical electric light bulb, Edward Johnson, his friend and partner in Edison’s Illumination Company, created the first set of “Christmas lights ...

Christmas lights are a uniquely American tradition. That’s not just because the first electric Christmas lights appeared in America. The tradition embodies a certain American-ness, an ingenuity ...

When the Edison Electric Light Company debuted the first Christmas string light set in 1882, most Americans still didn’t even have electricity in their homes, but more than 140 years later, the ...

First, Arcadia estimated the total energy used to power a single home’s Christmas lights for the month of December. Using standard equipment, one 20-ft string of 100 incandescent bulbs uses 40W ...