You can be glad that the thing on the other end of that big fat red wire is missing. It's a lot safer that way
If you want this thing to light up, then put on some safety glasses and use either a small hammer or a plier to break off the back end of the glass. Throwing a towel or other sort of cloth over the back end before you smash the glass also makes it a bit safer. There is vacuum inside, but that ain't too bad as long as you only break the thin tube on the back end. When I was a kid I thought about smashing the front of a (big) monitor with a sledge hammer but I never dared to do that. I still don't know what sort of risks there are for that, but just smashing the thin tube on the end is not too bad. . After the back part is broken off you can put some LED's inside, but do think about something to manage the sharp edges of the glass, for example glue some cardboard around it.
Releasing the vacuum will probably also damage the phosphor inside, but the phosphor will probably also block a lot of the light from the LED's, so when it's damaged you probably get more light out of it. If it was a color monitor, there is also a shadow mask inside, The shadow mask is a metal sheet with small holes. You can try tearing it apart from the back side with a metal rod with a hook bend on the end.