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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) 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 Christmas.

3. 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 ...

4. How Did Evergreen Trees Become a Christmas Symbol?

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   Early Americans with strong Christian beliefs denounced Christmas trees, calling it a pagan symbol. But in the late 19th century popular German royals, Queen Victoria and her German Prince Albert ...

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

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   "O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches"—this popular seasonal song begins by complimenting the Christmastime symbol we all automatically associate with the holiday. And ...

6. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   Christmas decorations are mentioned in ancient descriptions of the Roman feast Saturnalia, which was believed to have originated in the 5th century BC.. The tradition of decorating a tree is old since the Celts already decorated a tree, the symbol of life at the time of the winter solstice. [7]

7. 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; [25] according to eighth-century biographer Æddi Stephanus, Saint Boniface (634–709), who was a missionary in Germany, took an axe to ...