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When They Electrified Christmas

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Homeowners can illuminate the eaves with iridescent icicles, shroud their shrubs with twinkling mesh nets, or mount massive menorahs on their minivans. President Grover Cleveland was an early adopter of the electrified Christmas tree, as shown in this 1896 photo. Austria, Germany, and Japan became famous for exporting figural bulbs.

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