Christmas Lights
Christmas lights, to some, are a way of looking at and showing spirit towards the holiday season. Throughout the world, people from different ethnic groups each have a way of showing their Christmas character. Americans have lighted their houses and towns by using a practical invention; where as English settlers, during the 1800s, used candles and ribbons to amplify their beliefs. Today Christmas lights are seen as a necessity but long ago they were rare and expensive. Christmas lights were not always something seen around during this time of celebration. In 1879 Thomas Edison, an American, created a type of electrical current which heated, lit homes, and provided better living conditions. One of Edison's businesses associates names Edward Johnson took the idea of a light bulb and created a safe and shimmering evergreen. Johnson hand wired 80 red, white and blue bulbs and wound them around a rotating tree. At this time, this was nothing remarkable to the public. Attempts from President Cleveland, allowed the public to take a notice by lighting t
When colored lights were affordable and widespread people began to use them for a variety of assorted needs and reasons. Also after talking to various people the common answer to why people decorate their houses and trees with lights was because it is fun, it's time spent with the family and "hey who doesn't enjoy climbing on their roof?" (John Crawford) Christmas lights are part of family traditions that will continue to live on for many many years. When talking to Ken Holmes, his reply to why people set up Christmas lights was, "People set up Christmas lights because it is common tradition for the people of today. Few people know where it started but everyone knows that a tree without lights is a tree best kept in the ground." (Holmes, Ken) The up coming holiday season brings families and the Christmas spirit to life through the different gleaming lights. It may remind people that this is a time of reuniting. To Kaleigh Corgan "Christmas lights bring joy and prettiness" (Corgan, Kaleigh) Christmas lights are seen throughout neighbor hoods, plazas
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