Christmas Lights

Lights are pretty… at Christmas.

Christmas lights are mainly used around Christmas time and usually come in a ‘string’ of 50 or 100, or other quantities.
Christmas lights originally were candles on a tree but in the late 1800s, electric Christmas lights were invented.
Christmas lights are also known as fairy, twinkle, holiday, mini or Italy lights.
In December 1882, Edward H Johnson, vice president of the Edison Electric Light Company at the time, was the first known person to decorate a Christmas tree with electric Christmas lights, which he had custom made for the purpose.
Christmas lights replaced most Christmas candles in the 1930s. Prior to that, they were too expensive.

Christmas lights were originally dull and boring looking but soon looked exciting and pretty. Modern technology has seen the invention of amazing sets of lights.
Many people put up Christmas lights on their house and in there backyard and many families come to see them. This tradition in America is called ‘Tacky Light Tour’.
Although Christmas lights were made for Christmas, these types of lights have been used for many occasions, most notably Halloween.
The region of Shijiao, China recycles over 9 million kilograms (20 million pounds) of discarded Christmas lights every year. They recycle every part of Christmas lights, to make an assortment of things, including the soles of slippers.
The tradition of Christmas lights started in North America.