nat4b
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31 December 2022, 19:17

A New Year's story about a telegraph operator, or who started using garlands?

A New Year's story about a telegraph operator, or who started using garlands?
Today, the garland is already a familiar decoration of the New Year's or Christmas interior. And at the end of the 19th century, her life was just beginning.

It is interesting that it began to be used in the 1890s. The American telegrapher Ralph Morris was the first to hang this ornament on the Christmas tree. He hung strings of small electric signal bulbs used for telephone remotes.

This idea was appreciated by Ralph's colleagues and quickly picked up by manufacturers of Christmas tree decorations. The first Christmas tree street garland was made in the USA in 1895. And naturally, she decorated the Christmas tree in front of the White House.

It was from this moment that electric garlands began to displace candles from Christmas trees, which often led to fires.

I became interested in which enterprises were engaged in the production of these New Year's beauties' decorations in the territory of modern Ukraine. This information was not easy to find. This was done by Kyiv Cable Plant "Ukrkabel", Lviv Low Voltage Electric Lamp Plant and Oleksandriiv Electromechanical Plant "Olexandriiv and Electromechanical Plant".

It is impossible not to love garlands. They always add to the atmosphere of the holiday. And now they still help when they turn off the lights.

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