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In the United Kingdom a string of electrically powered {incandescent lamp]]'s have been known by this name since their first use in stage production of the Gilbert and Sulivan operetta Iolanthe on the 25th November 1882. The Savoy Theatre of London asked the famous British physicist {Lord Kelvin]] to add miniature lighting to the costumes of some of the cast. The electric star lights which the principal fairies wore on top of their heads aroused much excitement. Some thought they were too dazzling and a shade distracting. The incandescent star lights, made by the Swan United Electric Light Company, were worked by a small battery carried on the shoulder and hidden by the fairies' long flowing hair. The term 'fairy lights' for decorating a Christmas tree has been in common usage in the UKever since. See also Christmas lights.

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