General Electric Christmas Tree Lights

An 1882 dispatch in the detroit post and tribune about a visit to johnson s house in new york city may have been the first news coverage of electric christmas.

General electric christmas tree lights.

Ge 7 5 ft pre lit traditional artificial christmas tree with 600 multi function color changing warm white led lights. Johnson rigged up a christmas tree with electrical lights and in typical style for the edison companies he solicited coverage in the press. Constanton incandescent replacement bulbs 5mm. The illuminated christmas tree became established in the uk during queen victoria s reign and through emigration spread to north america and australia.

The first christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882 the first christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand wired large red white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. In her journal for christmas eve 1832 the 13 year old princess wrote after dinner. 25 bulbs 20 regular 5 fuse bulbs clear packages 15 regular 10. Ge branded holiday products have become the symbol of both tradition and innovation in holiday lighting with our advanced technology and the industry s highest standards.

We then went. Early electric christmas lights were introduced with electrification beginning in the 1880s. With fuse bulbs package. The first electric christmas tree lights.