/blogentry/26012 angelm's Blog: Christmas Tree History en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator /blogentry/26012#c30929 /blogentry/26012#c30929 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:30:45 GMT Elizabeth03 alot of information;

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]]> Gentlespirit /blogentry/26012 /blogentry/26012 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:23:30 GMT angelm Christmas Tree History

The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ.

The first decorated Christmas was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.

The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.

Nineteenth century Americans cut their trees in nearby forests.

Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United states since about 1850. Until fairly recently, all Christmas trees came from the forest.

The first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States was started in 1851 in New York by Mark Carr.

In 1900, large stores started to erect big illuminated Christmas trees

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