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Almanac: Electric Christmas lights

Name: Almanac: Electric Christmas lights
Uploaded: 2013-12-22T09:20:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 22 s
Description: On Dec. 22, 1882, Edward Johnson turned on the world’s first electric Christmas tree lights. Until then, people had been lighting their trees with real candles - not a good idea.

On Dec. 22, 1882, Edward Johnson turned on the world’s first electric Christmas tree lights. Until then, people had been lighting their trees with real candles - not a good idea.