CHRISTmas trees originated in Germany in the sixteenth century. PREVIOUSLY, people had decorated standing fir trees outside their houses, but trees had not been brought inside and decorated.
Queen Victoria's husband Albert, who came from Germany, saw the trees and brought the tradition home to England.
The first American Christmas tree was introduced by a German family who emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania.
The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
The first decorations were mostly apples and nuts.
Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882. He had Christmas tree lights made up especially and displayed them at his home on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
The first mass-produced Christmas tree lights were made by the Edison General Electric Co. in 1901.
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* see associated post dated 27/11/2010.
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