Electric Christmas tree lights are truly an American invention, he says, and the old ones were so sturdy and well-crafted that many still work like new, he says.

Pick up a set of these vintage-style Christmas lights while they’re marked down to just $5 a box and give your holiday season a nostalgic glow.

Christmas tree lights that bubble instead of twinkle came into vogue in the late 1940s and are among a variety of vintage and antique illuminated holiday decorations the Youngwood collector is ...

RETRO FIND: Family took Christmas light competition so seriously rival moved out of state. The Griswalds have nothing on this family. They used two miles of extension cords to light their display.

Vintage Times-Union: For years families in Jacksonville and across the U.S. have entertained their neighborhoods with light displays for Christmas.

Two families squared off in the ‘80s, competing over the best Christmas light display. One family’s work was so impressive the other moved out of state.

RETRO FIND: Family took Christmas light competition so seriously rival moved out of state. The Griswalds have nothing on this family. They used two miles of extension cords to light their display.