The first Christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand-wired large red, white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. The first Christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882.

She demonstrated the task of replacing a white bulb with the designated “extra” red light replacement, then showed the lights flash on and off, giving her festive tannenbaum some extra sparkle.

Of the hundreds of thousands of strings of lights sold each year by one leading vendor, Christmas Lights Etc. of Georgia, 70 percent are white. Not every style maven is happy about this.