KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - December 22, 1882. The first electric Christmas lights are hung. A friend and partner of Thomas Edison, Edward H. Johnson, hand-wired 80 red, white, and blue bulbs around his ...
On December 22, 1882, a new kind of holiday magic flickered to life, forever changing how we celebrate Christmas. That day, Edward H. Johnson, an inventor and vice president of Thomas Edison’s ...