I am 72 and remember the bubble lights with a girl on the box with her lips saying oooh. Merry Christmas to everyone. I am in a nursing home now but have childhood memories. I also have Christmas memories of my late Wife and her family gatherings in SE Ohio.
Lyle Johnson Merry Christmas, Lyle! I am a nurse and just want to say that I hope you are being treated with respect and dignity and are being well cared for in your nursing home. I hope you have a lovely Christmas. Sending love from NY 🎄
I see these bubble lights and I think of my grandparents' Christmas tree back in the early '50s. They always had it decked out in bubble lights. As a kid the lights fascinated me. That was the only tree I ever saw with bubble lights on it and I used to stand and stare at them, they were so interesting to watch and even listen to. Thanks for the memories! '
Great to see a set of 'bubble lites' in their original presentation pack! My Dad had a set he used to light our Christmas trees in the early 1950's that I remember so well... many thanks for rekindling the magic they created for our young eyes!
The bubble lights are by far my favorite. I grew up in the South End of Albany NY in the 60's and 70's and just found out from this video that bubble lights were invented there. I remember the first time I saw them being put on the Christmas tree at my best friend's house on Benjamin Street and I've been hooked ever since. I'm glad I came across this video. I believe the old lights and ornaments really carry the Christmas spirit. They reflect times when everyone said "Merry Christmas!" and you wouldn't dare say you were offended by it. Merry Christmas to all!
Aunt Leona and uncle Carl ( she pronounced it as Kurl ) always had these on their Christmas tree!! Dad remembers back in the 50s & 60s when they had them. I always begged for us to get a set. When I was in high school I bought a set for mom and dad. Now we have 5 sets between their tree and mine!!!! My niece and nefew love them. Hope they have the same memories when they grow old!! Thanks so much for the history lesson on these lights!!!!!!
I loved Bubbles lights! My brother and I would each pick one to see which would bubble first. I can actually vision him sitting next to me on the sofa, tree ready in the corner of the room. So much fun.
So happy to discover you...I’ve visited your website too. I hope you are still making these bubble lights. I have my grandma’s Santa, which has a C7 Royallite candle in it, white bottom, red liquid...just stopped working this year. I am looking to replace. Hard to find original for it, and they may also give out, so I am interested in yours and will be looking into that. God Bless you for preserving Christmas history...who’d have thought we’d ever have to “protect” Christmas from going away!! Love your tree too! 🎄
Thank you ever so much for this clip my Dad had several sets of these and putting them up on our Christmas tree was always a special occasion. I was born in 47 and my brother 43 and Christmas has always been a special time in our family. In fact I think its the best time of the year from the Santa parade to dinner with the family.
I never had Christmas growing up but had foster parents who had aluminum tree, recently purchased one at antique store, love the old vintage stuff but can't seem to find them, thanks for the video, also, u can't have Christmas without Christ, this is a facr
Great presentation on bubble lights! You just don't see these around anymore like you used to. I grew up in the 80's and back then we had several sets of the knock off brands. I haven't had a set since i was a child. Growing up just outside of Albany i was surprised when i heard him say they were a local item!!! This year my wife and I are in the market for a few nice modern sets.
Christmas was boring as heck at my mom's and dad's -- just static white lights on the tree and an assortment of cheap homemade decorations that me and my siblings made in elementary school art class. I would see all these other trees at other people's homes with loads of tinsel, colorful antique Polish indent ornaments, bubble lights, blinking colored lights, etc., and I was envious. I would've given anything to have had a tree like that when I was growing up.
Hello, I look forward to seeing your movie, I am the proud owner of a modest collection of early boxed light sets, including four early Noma bubble sets and one nice oil set from Paramount. In my collection I also have several tin C-6 8 light candoliers from Noma, and a nine light Noma wreath with little red bells that spell out Merry- Xmas. I found my first Noma light sets in 1980 at a flea market in Jersey, my father bought them for me, and paid fifty cents each! And the rest is history.
just the previous video on these great lights I wondered where I could find them and found Amazon a good choice, also do they sell at stores like Walmart or Michael's?
I grew up having Noma bubble lights on our Christmas tree. It is nice to see them in action (even though I have 22 sets now). I was fascinated with the oil bubble lamps. What oil is it that boils at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit? I love their look!
Hi Mr Utrecht, I have been there. Nice town. The bubble lights that you had in Holland were mist likely made in England. They were made there starting in about 1948. It would be interesting to know if sets of these lights were made in Holland. The first bubble lights were made in Chicago in 1942. A very limited number, about 68,000. Tom
Interesting upload. The word Christmas is irrelevant really, it will remain a happy holiday no matter what folks call it. The religious element is quite separate from the secular basis and before Christianity came about it was a jovial celebration to cheer everyone up at the turn of the year. There is no reason to feel threatened as long as a realistic view is taken.
A couple of months ago, I came across a set of vintage bubble lights in an antique shop. They were only asking $10 for the entire set with original box, so I snapped it up. They were made by the Raylite Electric Corporation in The Bronx. It says you can only string a maximum of 5 strands together. Anything more, and the circuit could blow. Is there any way I can tell what exact year these lights were made?
Interesting! Did 1950's bubble lights have bigger, slower ascending bubbles? Was it a different ether or just oil added? New ones have bubbles too small and too fast. In the 1970s I used them as nightlights.
Nice video Thomas, we agree, keep 'Christ' in Christmas, and enough with 'happy holidays' its MERRY CHRISTMAS, and its ok to say to people passing by :)
Darling, at my parents house, the attic I saw them 2... last week.... They don't use them anymore, because they use led lamps.. Yes, we had them.... They are not only sold in America. common! The world don't stop there!
I believe I might have a rare set (at least I can't find them online ) they are standard bubble lights accept mine has flat trees with the bubble tube going up the center
The most important thing about your presentation is your noting of the attempts to kill Christmas and turn it into a generalized (and desacralized) generic winter holiday. People actuially are taken back when you wish them Merry Christmas. Good for for fighting that trend. And also for the history lesson. It's TRUE the inventors were absolutely effectively robbed of their patent rights. Now it's all chinese stock that burns out in one or two year's use....
This guy looks like the only caliber of individual (millionaire income) that can AFFORD these anymore as "collectors" have driven these bulbs that USED to cost 69 cents each (in the 70's) up to about $8-60.00 each!!! Really SUCKS that a normal-income person can't enjoy them anymore!!!! I have about 25 burnt-out originals that I don't have the heart to pitch as they're fun to look @ & reminisce about when I get out the Christmas decorations & see the ziplock baggies-full of them each year, but even the "bare bulbs", used, taken out of melted ones to "re-build" mine command such a hefty over-inflated price I'll never be able to enjoy them again as I simply can't afford them!
For your information, over the last 10 years there has very definitely been a drive or at least strong trend towards the secularization of the Christmas season which certainly extended to the greeting seasons greetings replacing the spoken term Merry Christmas. I am in New York City, and we noticed this starting with people cautioning you to use seasons greetings due to your not always knowing someone's religious or social beliefs. But once the foot was in the door, more and more the term Christmas was shunned. But now, since the last say 4-5 years there has been a serious push back so your comments are first, well justified and may I say, very welcomed.....
That's what's wrong with the world today they want to take Christ out of everything till the day I die I will always say Merry Christmas you offend me when you don't say it we live in America we're not in a third world country and if you don't like the way things are handled go to a third world country you'll come back and appreciate it.
You forgot to take the cap lock off. Speaking of meds why exactly are you are you trolling a video about the history of Christmas lights, bubble lights no less? It seems rather out there. Why don't you do something productive and take a stand against some of the heinous practices of radical Islam instead, that are currently going on, instead of fighting battles that have already been fought?
I am 72 and remember the bubble lights with a girl on the box with her lips saying oooh. Merry Christmas to everyone. I am in a nursing home now but have childhood memories. I also have Christmas memories of my late Wife and her family gatherings in SE Ohio.
Lyle Johnson Merry Christmas, Lyle! I am a nurse and just want to say that I hope you are being treated with respect and dignity and are being well cared for in your nursing home. I hope you have a lovely Christmas. Sending love from NY 🎄
God bless you Lyle.
Merry Christmas, Lyle
Hoping you are well!
God bless!
I'm a child from the 80s and I remember having bubble lights as a child. I remember opening christmas gifts and seeing those and tulip lights too.
I see these bubble lights and I think of my grandparents' Christmas tree back in the early '50s. They always had it decked out in bubble lights. As a kid the lights fascinated me. That was the only tree I ever saw with bubble lights on it and I used to stand and stare at them, they were so interesting to watch and even listen to. Thanks for the memories!
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great video, I had bubble lights growing up in the 80's. Nice to understand their history. Thank you
Great to see a set of 'bubble lites' in their original presentation pack! My Dad had a set he used to light our Christmas trees in the early 1950's that I remember so well... many thanks for rekindling the magic they created for our young eyes!
The bubble lights are by far my favorite. I grew up in the South End of Albany NY in the 60's and 70's and just found out from this video that bubble lights were invented there. I remember the first time I saw them being put on the Christmas tree at my best friend's house on Benjamin Street and I've been hooked ever since. I'm glad I came across this video. I believe the old lights and ornaments really carry the Christmas spirit. They reflect times when everyone said "Merry Christmas!" and you wouldn't dare say you were offended by it. Merry Christmas to all!
I remember the bubble lights! They were my favorite Christmas Tree lights.
Aunt Leona and uncle Carl ( she pronounced it as Kurl ) always had these on their Christmas tree!! Dad remembers back in the 50s & 60s when they had them. I always begged for us to get a set. When I was in high school I bought a set for mom and dad. Now we have 5 sets between their tree and mine!!!! My niece and nefew love them. Hope they have the same memories when they grow old!! Thanks so much for the history lesson on these lights!!!!!!
I loved Bubbles lights! My brother and I would each pick one to see which would bubble first. I can actually vision him sitting next to me on the sofa, tree ready in the corner of the room. So much fun.
So happy to discover you...I’ve visited your website too. I hope you are still making these bubble lights. I have my grandma’s Santa, which has a C7 Royallite candle in it, white bottom, red liquid...just stopped working this year. I am looking to replace. Hard to find original for it, and they may also give out, so I am interested in yours and will be looking into that. God Bless you for preserving Christmas history...who’d have thought we’d ever have to “protect” Christmas from going away!! Love your tree too! 🎄
Thank you ever so much for this clip my Dad had several sets of these and putting them up on our Christmas tree was always a special occasion. I was born in 47 and my brother 43 and Christmas has always been a special time in our family. In fact I think its the best time of the year from the Santa parade to dinner with the family.
I have these Noma bubble lights in their box, that were made in 40s to 1950. They were my mothers. Im 64.
Thank you for the history of the lights. I have some from the U S A. All the best John U K.
God Bless you! My new goal in life is to become a Christmas Historian!
I never had Christmas growing up but had foster parents who had aluminum tree, recently purchased one at antique store, love the old vintage stuff but can't seem to find them, thanks for the video, also, u can't have Christmas without Christ, this is a facr
Great presentation on bubble lights! You just don't see these around anymore like you used to. I grew up in the 80's and back then we had several sets of the knock off brands. I haven't had a set since i was a child. Growing up just outside of Albany i was surprised when i heard him say they were a local item!!! This year my wife and I are in the market for a few nice modern sets.
Thanks for your informative video. I love bubble lights.
Christmas was boring as heck at my mom's and dad's -- just static white lights on the tree and an assortment of cheap homemade decorations that me and my siblings made in elementary school art class. I would see all these other trees at other people's homes with loads of tinsel, colorful antique Polish indent ornaments, bubble lights, blinking colored lights, etc., and I was envious. I would've given anything to have had a tree like that when I was growing up.
Those are so fascinating! I’m so glad I found this video!! I used to have those at my grandma’s house. Great memories :)
Beautiful thank you for the video!
Ive just discovered bubble lights 🤗👀🙌
I wish I had Noma lights in my collection
Hello, I look forward to seeing your movie, I am the proud owner of a modest collection of early boxed light sets, including four early Noma bubble sets and one nice oil set from Paramount. In my collection I also have several tin C-6 8 light candoliers from Noma, and a nine light Noma wreath with little red bells that spell out Merry- Xmas. I found my first Noma light sets in 1980 at a flea market in Jersey, my father bought them for me, and paid fifty cents each! And the rest is history.
Same here, is this the same grand parents? In Bloxich, our gran used to have these around the fire place, fabulous!
This man seems eminently at ease in front of the camera
such a collection!
just the previous video on these great lights I wondered where I could find them and found Amazon a good choice, also do they sell at stores like Walmart or Michael's?
They are so pretty wish they still sold bubble lights they are the most beautiful lights you can have on your Christmas tree
They *do* still sell bubble lights - tons of websites are selling new ones. Even Walmart.
I grew up having Noma bubble lights on our Christmas tree. It is nice to see them in action (even though I have 22 sets now). I was fascinated with the oil bubble lamps. What oil is it that boils at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit? I love their look!
Thanks Tom....excellent video. .
Hi Mr Utrecht,
I have been there. Nice town. The bubble lights that you had in Holland were mist likely made in England. They were made there starting in about 1948. It would be interesting to know if sets of these lights were made in Holland. The first bubble lights were made in Chicago in 1942. A very limited number, about 68,000. Tom
Love bubble lights.
Interesting upload. The word Christmas is irrelevant really, it will remain a happy holiday no matter what folks call it. The religious element is quite separate from the secular basis and before Christianity came about it was a jovial celebration to cheer everyone up at the turn of the year. There is no reason to feel threatened as long as a realistic view is taken.
A couple of months ago, I came across a set of vintage bubble lights in an antique shop. They were only asking $10 for the entire set with original box, so I snapped it up. They were made by the Raylite Electric Corporation in The Bronx. It says you can only string a maximum of 5 strands together. Anything more, and the circuit could blow. Is there any way I can tell what exact year these lights were made?
Never heard about it. Who’s else come here from Technology Connections?
I did. lol
I don't know if I can use this in my Christmas show but I'm definitely going to direct people to this 👍
Fantastic! Great vid!
Interesting!
Did 1950's bubble lights have bigger, slower ascending bubbles?
Was it a different ether or just oil added?
New ones have bubbles too small and too fast.
In the 1970s I used them as nightlights.
Hello all, I just picked up a couple of Noma bubble lights! Expensive for old school lights
They are very cool !
Hi,
Sounds very intertesting, you could have a very important antique find. Please take a picture of them for me.
Best wishes Tom Carlisle
How do you connect to the tree to make them stand up
Nice video Thomas, we agree, keep 'Christ' in Christmas, and enough with 'happy holidays' its MERRY CHRISTMAS, and its ok to say to people passing by :)
Great video Tom. You started to loose me a little with the "war on Christmas" talk though. Christmas ain't goin nowhere so don't worry.
He must watch Fox News.
I liked those lights I'm from Unquillo Córdoba Argentina here that model did not arrive and it's a pity because they are very beautiful
Alberto Toledo
A lo mejor las consigues en Ebay.
Love ❤️ bubble light's
you can Find them on Ebay. and you can find a of vintage Christmas
Someone is selling on Ebay for 500.00.. 🤔🤔
Good luck on your Christmas movie.
ofcourse we had them also in Holland (before wwII) my grandfather bought them at that time... (we had at that time 110 volts in Holland)
Absolutely no one is trying to take away Christmas. I don't know where people got that crazy idea from, maybe weird paranoid Facebook circles.
Thank YOU very much sir and God bless you.
Damn this guy know bubble lights
you are my hero! :) thank you!
love this! thank you!
@amfestxmas Yes I know. but the pirate over here, is misbehaving her/hisself...
Thanks... Utrecht is a very, very nice, clean and warm city :)
Merry Christmas to all
Darling, at my parents house, the attic I saw them 2... last week.... They don't use them anymore, because they use led lamps.. Yes, we had them.... They are not only sold in America. common! The world don't stop there!
Hi you Italian Bambino. It is Tom Carlisle, do you live in NJ?
Yo de Nino tuvimos estás luces si alguien sepa dónde los puedo comprar se los agradecería gracias
I believe I might have a rare set (at least I can't find them online ) they are standard bubble lights accept mine has flat trees with the bubble tube going up the center
New Bubble lights are available: www.christmasbycarlisle.com/shop
Thank you so much for the upload, And you cant have Christmas without Christ . =)
Kimbo, No, these tubes are filled with methelyne chloride. Cheers Tom
Colber made for America flyer trains water tower with a longer tube that bubbles same principle
Mark,
I am coming out with a new set of series Bubble Lights in a couple of weeks.
amfestxmas@gmail.com Cheers Tom
Hi Carosel Queen. I would like to chat with you . 303 903 3949. You are very good on some of the facts. I am in Aurora Colorado. Where art thou.
Darling, = poosaypirate ;)
The most important thing about your presentation is your noting of the attempts to kill Christmas and turn it into a generalized (and desacralized) generic winter holiday. People actuially are taken back when you wish them Merry Christmas. Good for for fighting that trend. And also for the history lesson. It's TRUE the inventors were absolutely effectively robbed of their patent rights. Now it's all chinese stock that burns out in one or two year's use....
Awesome video till he shit on it with politics.
Then I stopped caring :)
This guy looks like the only caliber of individual (millionaire income) that can AFFORD these anymore as "collectors" have driven these bulbs that USED to cost 69 cents each (in the 70's) up to about $8-60.00 each!!! Really SUCKS that a normal-income person can't enjoy them anymore!!!! I have about 25 burnt-out originals that I don't have the heart to pitch as they're fun to look @ & reminisce about when I get out the Christmas decorations & see the ziplock baggies-full of them each year, but even the "bare bulbs", used, taken out of melted ones to "re-build" mine command such a hefty over-inflated price I'll never be able to enjoy them again as I simply can't afford them!
John Gossett There is this guy on you tube that shows how to repair them in detail.
You can get a set of 7 online for under 10 bucks.
Bernie Sanders is schlepping Christmas lights after Hiliary kicked him out of the primaries?
And soon Hillary will be greeting shoppers at WalMart after Trump kicked her out of the election.
+Dave T. Gross
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Was a cool video until you got all weird with the "people are trying to take away Christmas" nonsense.
For your information, over the last 10 years there has very definitely been a drive or at least strong trend towards the secularization of the Christmas season which certainly extended to the greeting seasons greetings replacing the spoken term Merry Christmas. I am in New York City, and we noticed this starting with people cautioning you to use seasons greetings due to your not always knowing someone's religious or social beliefs. But once the foot was in the door, more and more the term Christmas was shunned. But now, since the last say 4-5 years there has been a serious push back so your comments are first, well justified and may I say, very welcomed.....
Hi, Thanks for your reply. Please send me an email amfestxmasatgmaildot com
Cheers Tom Carlisle 303 745 9627
That's what's wrong with the world today they want to take Christ out of everything till the day I die I will always say Merry Christmas you offend me when you don't say it we live in America we're not in a third world country and if you don't like the way things are handled go to a third world country you'll come back and appreciate it.
You forgot to take the cap lock off. Speaking of meds why exactly are you are you trolling a video about the history of Christmas lights, bubble lights no less? It seems rather out there. Why don't you do something productive and take a stand against some of the heinous practices of radical Islam instead, that are currently going on, instead of fighting battles that have already been fought?