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Prelit Christmas Trees History.

The first lighted Christmas trees were lit with candles. Attaching the candles was difficult, and proved to be a fire hazard. The pre lit Christmas tree could never be left unattended. A bucket of water had to be kept next to the Christmas tree and someone had to keep watch for a possible fire. Candle wax was expensive so lamps were made from nutshell halves filled with oil and a wick. More elegant lamps were made from different colors of glass. The new candle holder, called a counterbalance candle holder, had a weight attached to the bottom that kept the candle standing upright. Even with these improvements, Christmas trees were still fire hazards.

The invention of the electric light added a new dimension to the American Christmas. In 1882, an inventor working for Thomas Edison devised a way of wrapping small electric lights in red, white, and blue crepe paper. These colored lights were strung on a Christmas tree giving us the earliest version of contemporary Christmas lights. Christmas tree lights were experimental throughout the 1880s.

The miniature Christmas lights were conceived in 1895 by Ralph E. Morris, an employee of the new England Telephone Company. Morris’s idea for lights occurred as he was looking at the tiny bulbs in the telephone switchboards. Select the following link to view our Indoor Christmas Lights. Many Americans still distrusted the safety of electric lights in the early 1900s and candles were still used to decorate trees. The early Christmas tree lights were simply night-lights strung together to make the light strings. When General Electric commercially introduced Christmas lights, they caught on immediately. Edison Electric soon followed with an electric Christmas lamp.

In the late 1900's the introduction of the artificial hinged Christmas trees allowed tree manufactures to produce prelit artificial Christmas trees for the first time. Technical advances in the manufacturing process of the artificial trees has created easy to assemble realistic looking pre-lit artificial Christmas trees with Christmas lights already strung on. Select to read more Christmas Decorations Ideas.

Pre-lit Artificial Christmas Trees Guide.

The pre-lit artificial Christmas trees guide will help you understand the in's and out’s of the pre lit Christmas trees. The prayers of many Christmas tree lighters were answered with the production of the Christmas trees with hinged branches. Now it is possible to purchase a Christmas tree that has already been lit at the factory ready to plug into a wall outlet.

Consider the lights on the pre lit Christmas trees as a common light bulb you buy for your home. There are long lasting light bulbs and then there are cheap light bulbs. If you want the lights on your tree to last Christmas after Christmas buy a premium quality Artificial Christmas Tree that has premium quality Christmas lights, not a cheap mass merchandising store tree. Select this link to see our premium quality Artificial Prelit Christmas Trees.

Electrical Prelit Artificial Christmas Trees Safely Tips.

When you plug too many light strands into one extension cord or wall outlet, a large amount of electrical power is created. This overloading of electrical power will lessen the life of the light bulbs. To lengthen the life of the bulbs use extra household extension cords to plug in each separate section of your prelit artificial Christmas tree. Then plug the household extension cord into a separate wall outlet or power strip. Select this link to view  our Power Strips and Power Protection Supplies. Do the same with each section of the pre-lit artificial Christmas trees. Do not piggy back or put more than one extension cord into an outlet opening. When you use all the openings in one outlet go to the next nearest outlet. This will reduce the risk of overloading the light strand wires with too much electrical current flowing through the wires and will extend the life of your lights.

If one light on a strand burns out the rest of the of the lights will remain on. To lengthen the life of your light sets replace all burned out lights as soon as they go out because they will put stress on the remaining bulbs. When a bulb is about to burn out they become dimmer and a little yellow in color. If all of the lights should ever go out it means there is a break in the circuit. If a group or strand of lights goes out you should check to make sure that all the plugs are plugged in tightly. Then check each of the unlit bulbs to make sure that they are in the socket correctly. Next check the fuses that are usually located in the plug-in part of the light strand. If the fuse is blown out it is a good idea to use another household extension cord as suggested above.

To avoid damage to your pre lit artificial Christmas trees during the summer months try not to store your trees in it’s original shipping box. The shipping box will usually be to small once your pre-lit artificial Christmas trees are shaped. Select this link to see our Artificial Christmas Tree Shaping Guide page. Wherever you store your Prelit Artificial Christmas Trees they will probably gather dust, insect residue and other harmful elements if it is not covered properly. To protect your investment in your pre lit Christmas trees, store your trees in a weather resistant, dust and insect proof Christmas tree bag. Store your pre lit artificial Christmas trees in a large heavy duty plastic bag. Select this link to see our Christmas Tree Storage Bags.  

If you are planning to purchase a new pre-lit artificial Christmas tree you need to read the artificial Christmas tree guide so you will have a better understanding of how a Christmas tree is manufactured. Select this link to see our Artificial Christmas Trees page.

A Pre lit Christmas Tree Brightens The Holidays!