1880 and it was done by Edison who strung lights at Menlo Park.
no one actually who was the first person to put them on houses but The American custom of using electric lights began in 1882 when Edward Johnson an associate of Thomas Edison made the first electric Christmas light. before that people used candles.
i don't know who the first person was, but the man who made it popular was Albert Sadacca
With common decorations: baubles, electric lights (Christmas lights), ribbons, home made stuff, star on the top etc.
The electric car was first made in England.
The first electric toothbrush was made in Switzerland!
The first lightbulb was made by Thomas Alva Edison, but other electric lights were created before his invention of the lightbulb.
A huge Christmas tree, made of lights, on the nearby mountain Ingino.
Neon lights were first invented around 1910.
The first commercial Christmas card was made in 1843
Arthur Leslie Large invented the first electric kettle.
He was 36 years old at that time.
fairy lights aremade out of many small lights. the lights are like the lights you put on a Christmas tree, but smaller. they are filled with gasses used in go green light bulbs.