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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 , or an artificial tree of similar appearance ...

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

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   There were also events on Christmas Eve called "Paradise Plays" that celebrated the feast day of Adam and Eve, and a fir tree with apples on its branches was used to represent the Tree of Knowledge.

4. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   A Christmas tree ornament. In some places, Christmas decorations are traditionally taken down on Twelfth Night, the evening of January 5 or January 6. The difference in this date is that some count Christmas Day as the first day of Christmas, whereas for others, Christmas Day is a feast day in its own right, and the first full day of the ...

5. Christmas - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, in the context of a Christian celebration of Christmas, the Christmas tree, being evergreen in colour, is symbolic of Christ, who offers eternal life; the candles or lights on the tree represent the Light of the World—Jesus—born in Bethlehem.

6. What Is Christmas and Why Do We Celebrate It? - AOL

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   What does the word Christmas mean? ... No one likes dropped needles: Two-thirds of Americans will have a Christmas tree this year, but 82 percent of all Christmas trees on display are fake.

7. What Is a Yule Log? Here’s the True History of the Christmas ...

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   When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning fire casting a warm light on an ornament-adorned Christmas tree. Or perhaps you have a sweet tooth and the first thing ...

8. Tree-topper - Wikipedia

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   A Christmas tree crowned with a star tree-topper in Little Stanney, Cheshire, in England, UK. A tree-topper or treetopper is a decorative ornament placed on the top (or "crown") of a Christmas tree. Tree-toppers come in many forms, though the most common include a star (representing the Star of Bethlehem), angel ("Christmas angel"), or fairy.

9. The Christmas Tree’s Royal Roots: How Queen Victoria ... - AOL

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   Evergreen plants were used to symbolize light during the darkest time of the year — winter. ... the first decorated Christmas tree close to what is popular today originated in 16th-century ...