| The early Christmas trees were lighted | | | | were conceived in 1895 by Ralph E. |
| with candles, then glass covers with | | | | Morris, an employee of the new England |
| candles inside or metal lanterns with | | | | telephone company. Morris's idea for |
| small wicks hung on the Christmas tree | | | | lights occurred as he was looking at the |
| branches like ornaments to brighten up | | | | tiny bulbs in the telephone |
| the Christmas tree. The early Christmas | | | | switchboards. Today American's enjoy a |
| candles were a fire hazard and buckets | | | | variety of colorful light bulb colors |
| of water were usually kept nearby the | | | | and shapes. In the 1930's the popular |
| Christmas tree just incase a fire did | | | | cartoon figure lights were used were use |
| start up. Electric Christmas Lights Make | | | | to decorate Christmas trees. In the mid |
| Christmas Safer. With the invention of | | | | 1940's and into the 1950's the country |
| the electric Christmas lights, tree | | | | was introduced to the American Christmas |
| lighting became much safer and brighter. | | | | bubble lights. The Christmas bubble |
| The electric Christmas Lights are one of | | | | light bulbs had a liquid filled colored |
| America's unique contributions to the | | | | tube on top of the holiday light. When |
| Christmas holidays that followed the | | | | the Christmas bubble light bulbs heated |
| invention of the incandescent electric | | | | up, bubbles would rise in the Christmas |
| light bulbs with a carbonized filament | | | | bubble lights bulb tube. LED Holiday |
| in 1879. The next development was the | | | | Lights History. LED is short for "light |
| tungsten filament light bulbs. Early | | | | emitting diode". By definition the LED |
| Christmas tree lights were simply | | | | light bulb is a solid-state device that |
| night-lights strung together to make the | | | | controls a current without heated |
| light strings. Tungsten which produces | | | | filaments like tungsten in the light |
| the light gives a whiter light and for | | | | bulbs which are the most common today. |
| the same amount of electricity they give | | | | LEDs are not bulbs or lamps in the true |
| out almost three times as much light as | | | | sense of the word. The LED lights are |
| the early carbon electric lights would | | | | much more reliable than the tungsten |
| have. The next improvement was the | | | | bulbs. The entire unit is totally |
| coiling of the tungsten which gave more | | | | embedded in an epoxy resin. This |
| filament in the same space of the bulbs | | | | embedding makes an LED light virtually |
| thus more light. It was found that by | | | | indestructible. There are no loose or |
| using nitrogen-argon inside the bulbs | | | | moving parts within the solid epoxy |
| would extend the life of the lights and | | | | light enclosure. They are brighter and |
| make the lights more efficient. The | | | | can produce an infinite number of |
| nitron-argon filled tungsten bulbs are | | | | colors. An LED light can burn 1,000 |
| over twice as efficient as the ordinary | | | | continuous hours and the commercial Cree |
| tungsten bulbs which has its filament in | | | | and Luxeon LEDs will last for 50,000 |
| a vacuum. When general electric | | | | hours. The biggest advantage in the |
| commercially introduced the Holiday | | | | amount of electrical power an LED lights |
| Lights, they caught on immediately. | | | | use versus a tungsten light bulb. A |
| Edison electric soon followed with an | | | | savings of up to 90% energy consumption |
| electric Christmas lamp. New York city's | | | | can be achieved. |
| first Christmas display of lights was | | | | Joe has specialized in Christmas |
| shown in 1882. New Yorkers used eighty, | | | | Decorations for over 25 years. You can |
| red ,white, and blue, flashing light | | | | view his outstanding writings at |
| bulb colors to light up the Christmas | | | | Christmas Decorations Ideas. Joe also |
| holiday season. Miniature Christmas | | | | has a unique selection of Christmas |
| Lights History. The miniature lights | | | | Lights for you to compare. |