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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 ...
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]
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This tree, decked out in white feathery plumes, and white and metallic ornaments, is the queen of all Christmas trees—and proof that metallics go well with white. Kseniya Ovchinnikova - Getty Images
Learn about the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their origins and significace.
Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]
Observance of Christmas in various locations around the world. The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized by many national governments and cultures worldwide, including in areas where Christianity is a minority religion which are usually found in Africa and Asia.
In 1991, the Gubbio Christmas Tree, in Italy, 650 meters high and decorated with over 700 lights, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest Christmas tree in the world. [100] European History Professor Joseph Perry wrote that likewise, in Nazi Germany, "because Nazi ideologues saw organized religion as an enemy of the totalitarian ...