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National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA): A few facts about the origin of electric Christmas lights - Information ...

December 24, 1877. Thomas Edison files a patent for the first phonograph capable of recording and playing sound. The groundbreaking product was a byproduct of Edison’s work to improve the telegraph ...

December 22, 1882. The first electric Christmas lights are strung. A friend and partner of Thomas Edison hand-wired 80 red, ...

On December 22, 1882, a new kind of holiday magic flickered to life, forever changing how we celebrate Christmas. That day, ...

Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

Picture this: a rotating Christmas tree aglow with electric lights in 1882 New York, thanks to Edward Hibberd Johnson's ...