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A string of electric Christmas lights, unlit, decorating the edge of a roof on a house in Keswick, Ontario, Canada; Christmas 2008. Traditional C6 bulbs were typically 15 volts, and used in series strings of eight bulbs, or multiples of 8.
Luminaria is a term used in different parts of the world to describe various types of holiday lights, usually displayed during Christmas. In English, the term most commonly refers to a specific type of simple paper lantern made by placing a votive candle in some sand inside a paper bag . [ 1 ]
The night light, which showed two smiling ghosts roasting marshmallows over a fire, proved that night lights don't have to be boring—and they aren't only for lighting up dark areas in your house ...
Christmas lights (also called twinkle lights, holiday lights, mini lights or fairy lights), that are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season are amongst the most recognized forms of Christmas lighting. Christmas lights come in a dazzling array of ...
It takes nearly 10 weekends to get the lights in place in time for the annual Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony and Winter Festival, which this year is from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday and includes ...
It is customary to hang a sprig of mistletoe in the house at Christmas, and anyone standing underneath it may be kissed. Christmas lights in Verona, Italy. Other traditional decorations include bells, candles, candy canes, stockings, wreaths, and angels. The wreaths and candles in each window are a more traditional Christmas display.
After holding the record and then losing it to another family a few years back, the Gay family has gained it back with over 600,000 lights -- and they are as proud as ever.
Morris’ idea for miniature Christmas lights occurred as he was looking at the tiny bulbs on telephone switchboards. However, many Americans still distrusted the safety of electric lights throughout the early 1900s and candles were still used to illuminate trees. The early Christmas tree lights were simply night-lights strung together to form ...