Christmas Lights in July “I started it really small, actually, and throughout the years it got bigger and bigger,” says Holdman, who lit up his home from 2006 to 2010. Small, by the way, was ...

The first Christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand-wired large red, white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. The first Christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882.

First string of Christmas tree lights. In 1882, Edward H. Johnson, Edison’s friend and partner in Edison’s Illumination Company, strung together the first string of electric Christmas tree lights.