Solar Christmas Lights Start a New Era in The History of Christmas Lights

 Solar Christmas lights are continuing a long tradition that has been going on since the 17th century when the original Christmas lights were actually candles. They were a bit tricky to decorate the tree with they were carefully placed so as to illuminate other ornaments hanging from the tree. While we were a bit of a fire hazard, you just had to be real careful and obviously keep an eye on your Christmas tree.

It wasn’t until 1882 that one of Edison’s assistants named Edward Johnson came up with the idea for electric Christmas lights, the which he used to light up a tree with 80 some odd electric lights in New York City. It took a while for this to catch on, and by around 1900 stores were using electric light Christmas display. But still at the same time someone had invented special candle holders for Christmas trees, so candles were still an advancing technology.

it wasn’t till 1917 that a man named Albert Sadacca came up with an idea, in response to the tragic fire in New York City, caused by candles in a Christmas tree, and he started to commercially produce the first safety Christmas lights. His company,the NOMA Electric
Company, became the largest Christmas light manufacturer in the world. Now he wasn’t alone, General Electric had been making preassembled Christmas lights since 1903 at a cost of $12(equivalent to about $80 today), he just made a better light bulb. Back then you could rent a small set of Christmas lights for only a $1.50 a season.

The history of having a tree at the White House began in 1895 when Pres. Cleveland had the tree decorated for the enormous fee of $300. It has remained a tradition since that time and by 2005 they were using energy-efficient LED Christmas lights. 

So lighting the Christmas tree has come a long way, and the idea of decorating the entire house has evolved into a tradition since the second world war. Let’s face it felt like just makes people feel better, and more in the holiday spirit.

Now using solar Christmas lights, is the most environmentally friendly way to bring holiday cheer to your friends and neighbors. Today you can buy a set of solar Christmas lights for about $12 which I found interesting since that was the cost of ordinary Christmas lights in 1903. However today you probably cannot rent a set of Christmas lights for $1.50 for the Christmas season.