The use of Christmas lights goes back to 18th-century Germany where they decorated Christmas trees in wealthy homes. Christmas trees displayed publicly and illuminated with electric lights became popular at the beginning of the 20th century. In Britain, string of lights displayed on Christmas trees, walls and doors are called "fairy lights".



使用圣誕燈飾可以追溯到18世紀(jì)的德國(guó)，那時(shí)候有錢(qián)人的家里會(huì)裝飾圣誕樹(shù)。公開(kāi)展示，以及用電燈來(lái)裝飾圣誕樹(shù)的習(xí)俗則是在20世紀(jì)初才開(kāi)始流行的。在英國(guó)，圣誕樹(shù)上，墻壁上和門(mén)上懸掛的長(zhǎng)串燈飾被稱為“童話燈”。