22nd December 1882: The first use of electric lights on a Christmas tree

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First electric Christmas lights on a tree

22nd December 2020

22nd December 1882: The first use of electric lights on a Christmas tree

80 red, white, and blue walnut-sized glass light bulbs were hand-wired and placed around a large Christmas tree in the home of Edward H. Johnson’s New York home on Fifth Avenue.

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