| The early Christmas trees were lighted with | | | | lights were conceived in 1895 by Ralph E. |
| candles, then glass covers with candles | | | | Morris, an employee of the new England |
| inside or metal lanterns with small wicks | | | | telephone company. Morris's idea for lights |
| hung on the Christmas tree branches like | | | | occurred as he was looking at the tiny bulbs |
| ornaments to brighten up the Christmas tree. | | | | in the telephone switchboards. Today |
| The early Christmas candles were a fire | | | | American's enjoy a variety of colorful light |
| hazard and buckets of water were usually kept | | | | bulb colors and shapes. In the 1930's the |
| nearby the Christmas tree just incase a fire | | | | popular cartoon figure lights were used were |
| did start up. Electric Christmas Lights Make | | | | use to decorate Christmas trees. In the mid |
| Christmas Safer. With the invention of the | | | | 1940's and into the 1950's the country was |
| electric Christmas lights, tree lighting | | | | introduced to the American Christmas bubble |
| became much safer and brighter. The electric | | | | lights. The Christmas bubble light bulbs had |
| Christmas Lights are one of America's unique | | | | a liquid filled colored tube on top of the |
| contributions to the Christmas holidays that | | | | holiday light. When the Christmas bubble |
| followed the invention of the incandescent | | | | light bulbs heated up, bubbles would rise in |
| electric light bulbs with a carbonized | | | | the Christmas bubble lights bulb tube. LED |
| filament in 1879. The next development was | | | | Holiday Lights History. LED is short for |
| the tungsten filament light bulbs. Early | | | | "light 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 filaments |
| light strings. Tungsten which produces the | | | | like tungsten in the light bulbs which are |
| light gives a whiter light and for the same | | | | the most common today. LEDs are not bulbs or |
| amount of electricity they give out almost | | | | lamps in the true sense of the word. The LED |
| three times as much light as the early carbon | | | | lights are much more reliable than the |
| electric lights would have. The next | | | | tungsten bulbs. The entire unit is totally |
| improvement was the coiling of the tungsten | | | | embedded in an epoxy resin. This embedding |
| which gave more filament in the same space of | | | | makes an LED light virtually indestructible. |
| the bulbs thus more light. It was found that | | | | There are no loose or moving parts within the |
| by using nitrogen-argon inside the bulbs | | | | solid epoxy light enclosure. They are |
| would extend the life of the lights and make | | | | brighter and can produce an infinite number |
| the lights more efficient. The nitron-argon | | | | of colors. An LED light can burn 1,000 |
| filled tungsten bulbs are over twice as | | | | continuous hours and the commercial Cree and |
| efficient as the ordinary tungsten bulbs | | | | Luxeon LEDs will last for 50,000 hours. The |
| which has its filament in a vacuum. When | | | | biggest advantage in the amount of electrical |
| general electric commercially introduced the | | | | power an LED lights use versus a tungsten |
| Holiday Lights, they caught on immediately. | | | | light bulb. A savings of up to 90% energy |
| Edison electric soon followed with an | | | | consumption can be achieved. |
| electric Christmas lamp. New York city's | | | | |
| first Christmas display of lights was shown | | | | Joe has specialized in Christmas Decorations |
| in 1882. New Yorkers used eighty, red ,white, | | | | for over 25 years. You can view his |
| and blue, flashing light bulb colors to light | | | | outstanding writings at Christmas Decorations |
| up the Christmas holiday season. Miniature | | | | Ideas. Joe also has a unique selection of |
| Christmas Lights History. The miniature | | | | Christmas Lights for you to compare. |