 In another short, I talked about how the Adam and Eve plays, who would often have pyramids with candles attached. And while yes, this is probably the truest form of the origin of lighting on Christmas trees, there are other ways that lights made it on the Christmas trees as well. In 15th century Portugal, the Order of Sister talks in detail about getting a large branch of green laurel, attaching some red oranges, shoving a candle into each one, and then hanging the branch by a rope in a pole and placing it by the altar. Now a much more fun myth about where Christmas lights came from, is thanks to Martin Luther, the creator of the Lutheran religion. A legend has it that Marty was walking home through the woods around Christmas time, when he was awestruck by the sublime beauty of the stars shining through the evergreen trees. So he hacked one down, took it home, and put candles on it to recapture just a little bit of that Christmas magic for his family. And candles on the Christmas tree were notorious for starting numerous house fires. Whoops!