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Chistmas
A Christmas Story - The First
Christmas Lights
by Catherine Spelling
One would think that Christmas lights have been around for as long as
Christmas itself. Can any of you imagine Christmas without lights? How would the
children find their way in the dark, so early on Christmas morning without them?
The history of Christmas lights is intricately tied to the dawn of the modern
era, when houses began to be supplied with electricity.
As you are likely aware, Thomas Edison invented the first functioning light
bulb back in 1879. A few years later, in 1882, an associate of his first
employed the use of lights on his Christmas tree. Edward Johnson was the first
to electrically light his family Christmas tree in his New York home. His home
was located in one of the first sections of the city to be wired for
electricity.
A visiting reporter from Detroit reported the following in "The Detroit Post
and Tribune": "Last evening I walked over beyond Fifth Avenue and called at the
residence of Edward H. Johnson, vice-president of Edisons electric company.
There, at the rear of the beautiful parlors, was a large Christmas tree
presenting a most picturesque and uncanny aspect. It was brilliantly lighted
with many colored globes about as large as an English walnut and was turning
some six times a minute on a little pine box. There were eighty lights in all
encased in these dainty glass eggs, and about equally divided between white, red
and blue. As the tree turned, the colors alternated, all the lamps going out and
being relit at every revolution. The result was a continuous twinkling of
dancing colors, red, white, blue, white, red, blue---all evening."
In 1890, Edison published a promotional brochure which may have been the
first mention of commercially available electrically powered
Christmas lights. It
stated that "There are few forms of decoration more beautiful and pleasing than
miniature incandescent lamps placed among flowers, or interwoven in garlands or
festoons; for decorating Christmas trees or conservatories..."
From there, the popularity of Christmas lights exploded. Before long, every
family had them and they became synonymous with the Christmas tree. Its hard to
imagine Christmas without Christmas lights. I tip my fuzzy red cap to you, Mr.
Edison. You have given us all a gift we will always cherish!
Catherine Spelling absolutely loves spending Christmas with family and
friends. When she is not counting down the days until Christmas, she writes for
christmaslightsanddecorations.com - an online resources for all things relating
to Christmas and decorations, with information about
Christmas trees, artificial Christmas trees, fiberoptic Christmas trees and
more.
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