Your Totally Useless Fact Of The Day... 12/21

[captclearance]

Here's your totally useless fact of the day...............

Three years after Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb in 1879, Edward H. Johnson, who worked for Edison's company, had Christmas tree bulbs especially made for him. He proudly displayed his electric tree lights at his home on Fifth Avenue, New York City. They caused a sensation although some years were to pass before mass-manufactured Christmas tree lights were widely available.

Here's another, since I missed yesterday..... Sorry......


The biggest selling Christmas single of all time is Bing Crosby's White Christmas.

[Darlene]

I love these stories,thanks Lori.
It's amazing what went into the inventing of things that we take for granted today.