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2. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. [1]

3. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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   The Christmas tree is considered by some as Christianisation of pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of evergreen boughs, and an adaptation of pagan tree worship; [26] according to eighth-century biographer Æddi Stephanus, Saint Boniface (634–709), who was a missionary in Germany, took an axe to ...

4. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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   According to the state-run Greek News Agenda, the Christmas tree wasn’t brought to Greece until 1833, so before then, Greeks would decorate a karavaki, or small boat, in a nod to the country’s ...

5. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   A Christmas tree inside a home, with the top of the tree containing a decoration symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. [18]The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strassburg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.

6. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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   Who started the Christmas tree tradition? As TIME Magazine reported, it is widely believed that in the Middle Ages, modern-day Germany revealed the first real Christmas trees. After all, "In 1419 ...

7. 10 old-school Christmas traditions that are no longer practiced

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   While Christmas trees, sweets and treats, and gift-giving have remained mainstays of the celebration, America still loves to reinvent and innovate traditions to capitalize on a season so ...

8. Christmas in Sweden - Wikipedia

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   Christmas celebrations in Sweden officially end on Tjugondag Knut (St. Knut’s Day) on January 13. On this day, families remove Christmas decorations and throw out the Christmas tree in a festivity known as Julgransplundring (Christmas tree plundering). Children often get to eat the last remaining candy decorations from the tree, and in some ...

9. Here's the History of Christmas and All of Your Favorite ...

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   Find out the story behind your favorite traditions, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and more. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...