Soon after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb That could be used as the Christmas lights. The dangers of this were of major concern at the times.
As time evolved the candles had glass covers, or metal lanterns with small wicks and were hung on the trees like ornaments on Christmas trees. Think about doing that in this day and age: a recipe for a burning house.
Even with the dangers it took many years for holiday tree lights to have many idea of these lights came from Edison & # 39; s assistant, Edward Johnson: he had the bulbs made specifically for his house and he displayed them his Christmas tree lights at his home on New York City.
From these humble beginnings the Christmas tree lights went through many changes before the lights on Christmas trees was night lights strung together to make long stems of lights. large bulbs that would shatter into a million pieces when they hit the floor.
Sales have climbed as application for these lights have changed to not just decorating Christmas mini lights were introduced in the mid to late 1970 & # 39; s. Outdoor decorative lighting has become one of the most popular types and can become some of a competition among neighbors . Many people will use animated Christmas lights that can create a spectacular scene and some are even animated.
Many of the lights used now are led lights. They are long lasting and you are light goes out the whole string is still work, not like the old days, if one light was out you had to go through one by one to figure out the And with some holiday light strings of 100 or more, it was not a fun task. So make sure before you purchase your next set of Christmas lights that it says on the box that you do not have to replace a bad bulb to make the whole string of lights work.
