Vintage Hawaiian Christmas Bulb Canvas Print

Christmas bulbs come in any shape and size you could hope for, also in any colors what-so-ever. Not many people celebrated Christmas in Hawaii before the American influence. Other Countries came to Hawaii before America but their traditions were much different. Once the Hawaiian people began celebrating, they began decorating bulbs with Island style art. You will find some of those bulbs featured here in my Greeting Cards gallery.

The origins of Christmas bulbs dated way back into a time when candles were used to decorate Christmas trees. From there, strings of electric lights were used in homes. They are still used today, especially on commercial properties, but private homes now also lavishly use these strings of lights.

Christmas bulbs or globes came into being when people could not afford the strings of lights or the electric bill they produced. Also, electrical writing was known to cause home fires. Then bulbs became popular. They could sparkle and flash like an...

Mary Deal, a native of Walnut Grove, in California's Sacramento River Delta, is an oil painter and photographer. Though she now lives in Winterville, North Carolina, she previously lived in the islands of Hawaii, where she recently spent 22 years. Her photography and art will continue to focus on the Islands that she loves, offering spectacular photography venues, with an endless number of images to come. Mary is also an Amazon international bestselling, award-winning author with six published suspense/thrillers, a romance, a collection of short stories and flash fiction, a writer's reference, and self-help nonfiction. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, former newspaper columnist, and Associate and Contributing Editor of a magazine. Learn...