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Aug 24, 2023 · The Roman poet Catallus, in his poem Marriage of Peleus and Thetis, spoke of the gods decorating the home of Peleus with evergreen trees like laurel and cypress. Evergreen trees and wreaths and garlands made of them were significant to the Egyptians, Hebrews, and Chinese.
Dec 19, 2016 · Modern Christmas trees emerged in western Germany during the 16th century as Christians brought trees into their homes and decorated them with gingerbread, nuts and apples.
- Penny Travers
Nov 28, 2023 · The history of Christmas trees has many roots, ranging from the use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome to the German traditions of candlelit trees that made its way to America in the 1800s.
Dec 11, 2020 · Legend has it that the first Christmas tree can be traced to Saint Boniface, an eighth-century English missionary to the Pagan tribes in the land that became Germany. When the saint learned in 723 A.D. that people worshipped a Donar Oak (Thunder Oak) dedicated to the Norse god Thor, he chopped it off.
Sep 27, 2024 · The modern Christmas tree originated in Germany, where families set up a paradise tree in their homes on December 24, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve. They hung wafers on it (symbolizing the Eucharistic host, the Christian sign of redemption).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 19, 2022 · Sixteenth-century German Protestants, eager to remove the iconography and relics of the Roman Catholic Church, gave the Christmas tree a huge boost when they used it to replace Nativity...
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Modern Christmas trees originated in Central Europe and the Baltic states, particularly Estonia, Germany and Livonia (now Latvia) during the Renaissance in early modern Europe. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Its 16th-century origins are sometimes associated with Protestant Christian reformer Martin Luther, who is said to have first added lighted candles to an everg...
