The history of how these mass-produced novelty lights became a holiday fixture is a distinctly American Christmas tale.

Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric ... It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in 1879. Edison revealed a creation that day that would ...

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio ... The experiment, concluded on October 21, 1879, is heralded as the birth of the electric light. Research continued to find a more resilient and higher-voltage ...

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers once served as a winter home for Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey ...