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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 ...

  3. Trees in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Human beings, observing the growth and death of trees, and the annual death and revival of their foliage, [1] [2] have often seen them as powerful symbols of growth, death and rebirth. Evergreen trees, which largely stay green throughout these cycles, are sometimes considered symbols of the eternal, immortality or fertility.

  4. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    An image of the British royal family with their Christmas tree at Windsor Castle created a sensation when it was published in the Illustrated London News in 1848. A modified version of this image was published in Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia in 1850. [81] [82] By the 1870s, putting up a Christmas tree had become common in America. [81]

  5. You’ve Heard It From Scrooge, but What Does ‘Bah Humbug ...

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    The Christmas season is upon us and for most of us it is a time filled with joy and merriment. There are presents to be bought, cookies to be baked and plenty of parties to attend. Of course, the ...

  6. The history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors

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    “Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and white aligns with God’s promise of life everlasting and the purity, hope and goodness that Jesus’ life and death represent,” Sawaya says.

  7. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas: the trimmed tree, stockings hung by the chimney with care, and of course, jolly Ol' Saint Nick. But for Ree Drummond, there's one Christmas ...

  8. Legend of the Christmas Spider - Wikipedia

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    The widow's children cared for the tree, excited at the prospect of having a Christmas tree by winter. The tree grew, but when Christmas Eve arrived, they could not afford to decorate it. The children sadly went to bed and fell asleep. Early the next morning, they woke up and saw the tree covered with cobwebs.

  9. Pickle Ornaments on a Christmas Tree Hold Special Meaning ...

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    There are a few variations of the story, but legend goes that the first child to find the Christmas pickle ornament receives the first present, an extra present, or the job of handing out the ...