January 14, 2015, I woke up with the thermometer at my house reading 20 below zero, it sure is cold out today. But, January 14th is the deadline for Maine homeowners to take down their Christmas decorations by law, or is it?.
Until the Christmas of 1880 Christmas trees when decorated with candles. As you can imagine that would be quite dangerous having lighted candles on a dry tree. Thomas Edison, who invented the incandescent bulb in 1879, hung a string of electric lights outside his lab in New Jersey and that was the b…