After the two parts are combined, each light is tested again for electric charge ... which means the entire string of Christmas lights will go out. Some of these could be replaced with a working ...

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, police said. The contractor was rushed to ...

A contractor hanging up holiday lights at a Wellesley home suffered a life-threatening electric shock and was revived by a defibrillator on Wednesday, according to police. Wellesley police said ...

We tend to think of Christmas-season traditions as ancient ... But in 1894 President Cleveland put electric lights on the White House tree, and by 1914, a 16-foot string cost just $1.75.