In 1882 Edward Johnson from New York City lit up a Christmas tree with electric Christmas lights for the first time.
When Christmas started going around, people started putting candles on their trees (don't ask why) and it started many house fires. When Edison came out with the light bulb, everyone decided it was safer. This is all i know.
Yes, they can be used. You may also want to look for a color wheel to go with it. When the aluminum trees came out they also had a wheel that rotated with different colors on the tree. Nothing can catch fire on these trees and they are very "modern" in their way.
The Christmas tree came from Germany so they have trees with white lights to mimic candles. Many cities and towns have Christmas markets where they sell everything from wooden ornaments to food.
One can find lights for Christmas houses in a number of retailers. Many craft stores sell tiny lights for little Christmas decorations that will fit once the ones it came with have burned out.
they are because of the normans, the country they came from was Germany
The tradition of the Christmas Tree came from Germany and probably derives from pagan worship of certain trees in the area of the Black Forest.
Queen Victoria's husband Albert, who came from Germany saw the trees and bought the tradition to England. The origin of Christmas trees began in Germany in the 16th Century.
Somebody says these primitive forms of multicolor strobe lights came out in the l950"s and that sounds about right.They did in the late 50's and into the 60's aluminum Christmas trees were very popular.
They come from Christmas tree farms, mostly in the northern half of the U.S., but there are some farms in every state.
I think it's just a natural progression from the Victorian times when would actually burn candles on their trees. With the invention of electricity, light bulbs etc, came the Fairy Lights we use today. Not necessarily prettier, but a whole lot safer!
The angel on the top of Christmas trees symbolizes the angel that came to see the shepherds. The angel showed the shepherds where Jesus was.