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2. List of Illinois state symbols - Wikipedia

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   "Illinois" 5 ILCS 460/35 1925: Tartan Illinois Saint Andrew Society Tartan 5 ILCS 460/95 2012: Theatre The Great American People Show: 5 ILCS 460/70 1995: Tree: White oak (Quercus alba) (replaced "Native Oak" adopted in 1908) 5 ILCS 460/40 1973: Vegetable: Sweet corn: 5 ILCS 460/56 2015: Wildflower: Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) 5 ILCS 460/43 2017

3. Thousands of vintage ornaments fill Christmas trees at ... - AOL

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   The multiple Christmas trees are filled with some of the approximately 2,000 antique or vintage ornaments he’s been collecting for years. Milaeger, who is president and co-owner of Milaeger’s ...

4. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical 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, associated with the celebration of ...

5. Christmas in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   Christmas in the American Civil War. The process of Christmas becoming a national holiday in the U.S. began when Representative Burton Chauncey Cook of Illinois introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress after the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). It passed in both houses of Congress, and President Ulysses S. Grant signed it on June 28, 1870.

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

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   According to TIME Magazine , 1931 was the first year that this special location displayed a Christmas tree, when a 20-ft.-tall balsam was put up on Christmas Eve by the construction workers who ...

7. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   As the first widely circulated picture of a decorated Christmas tree in America, the custom there spread. Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments. Types of decorations Glass ornaments. Figural glass Christmas ornaments originated in the small town of Lauscha, Germany in the latter half of the 19th century. The town had long ...