This woman is lighting the candles on the Christmas tree in 1900. It was a friend of Thomas Edison, Edward Johnson, who produced the first string of electric lights for a Christmas tree in 1882. The first White House Christmas tree to have electric lights was in 1895 and lit by President Cleveland. Many people didn't have electric string lights until they became more affordable. The first sets were $12 for 24 lights which would be about $80 today.
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