38 Facts About Christmas trees

The Catholic Church had long resisted this custom of the Lutheran Church and the Vatican Christmas trees tree stood for the first time in Vatican City in 1982.

Christmas trees tree is sometimes compared with the "Yule-tree", especially in discussions of its folkloric origins.

Contemporary celebration of the Christmas tree is frequently traced to the symbolism of trees in pre-Christian winter rites, wherein Viking and Saxon worshiped trees.

The first evidence of decorated trees associated with Christmas Day are trees in guildhalls decorated with sweets to be enjoyed by the apprentices and children.

In France, the first Christmas trees tree was introduced in 1840 by the duchesse d'Orleans.

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In Denmark a Danish newspaper claims that the first attested Christmas trees tree was lit in 1808 by countess Wilhemine of Holsteinborg.

Christmas trees had published a fairy tale called The Fir-Tree in 1844, recounting the fate of a fir tree being used as a Christmas tree.

Only at the start of the 20th century did Christmas trees appear inside churches, this time in a new brightly lit form.

Christmas trees set it up in his small brewery inn in Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital.

The Christmas trees were typically decorated with walnuts, golden apples, carobs, and candles.

In 1842 a newspaper advert for Christmas trees makes clear their smart cachet, German origins and association with children and gift-giving.

An illustrated book, The Christmas trees Tree, describing their use and origins in detail, was on sale in December 1844.

Georgians have their own traditional Christmas trees tree called Chichilaki, made from dried up hazelnut or walnut branches that are shaped to form a small coniferous tree.

Christmas trees tree became very common in the United States of America in the early nineteenth century.

The first published image of a Christmas trees tree appeared in 1836 as the frontispiece to The Stranger's Gift by Hermann Bokum.

TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas trees was influential on the pop culture surrounding the Christmas trees tree.

The term Charlie Brown Christmas trees tree, describing any poor-looking or malformed little tree, derives from the 1965 TV special, based on the appearance of Charlie Brown's Christmas trees tree.

Traditionally Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until the evening of Christmas Eve, the end of the Advent season and the start of the twelve days of Christmastide.

Christmas trees ornaments are decorations that are used to decorate a Christmas trees tree.

The first decorated Christmas trees were adorned with apples, white candy canes and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers.

Delicate mold-blown and painted colored glass Christmas trees ornaments were a specialty of the glass factories in the Thuringian Forest, especially in Lauscha in the late 19th century, and have since become a large industry, complete with famous-name designers.

Each year, 33 to 36 million Christmas trees are produced in America, and 50 to 60 million are produced in Europe.

Some trees, frequently referred to as "living Christmas trees", are sold live with roots and soil, often from a plant nursery, to be stored at nurseries in planters or planted later outdoors and enjoyed for years or decades.

European tradition prefers the open aspect of naturally grown, unsheared Christmas trees, while in North America there is a preference for close-sheared Christmas trees with denser foliage, but less space to hang decorations.

Feather Christmas trees ranged widely in size, from a small 5-centimeter tree to a large 2.

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Optical fiber Christmas trees come in two major varieties; one resembles a traditional Christmas tree.

Upside-down artificial Christmas trees became popular for a short time and were originally introduced as a marketing gimmick; they allowed consumers to get closer to ornaments for sale in retail stores and opened up floor space for more products.

Artificial Christmas trees became increasingly popular during the late 20th century.

Users of artificial Christmas trees assert that they are more convenient, and, because they are reusable, much cheaper than their natural alternative.

Generally, natural tree growers contend that artificial Christmas trees are more environmentally harmful than their natural counterparts.

Live Christmas trees are typically grown as a crop and replanted in rotation after cutting, often providing suitable habitat for wildlife.

Alternately, live Christmas trees can be donated to livestock farmers who find that such Christmas trees uncontaminated by chemical additives are excellent fodder.

Real or cut Christmas trees are used only for a short time, but can be recycled and used as mulch, wildlife habitat, or used to prevent erosion.

Real Christmas trees are carbon-neutral, they emit no more carbon dioxide by being cut down and disposed of than they absorb while growing.

Some people use living Christmas or potted trees for several seasons, providing a longer life cycle for each tree.

Rentals are picked up after the holidays, while purchased Christmas trees can be planted by the owner after use or donated to local tree adoption or urban reforestation services.

The use of lead stabilizer in Chinese imported Christmas trees has been an issue of concern among politicians and scientists over recent years.

Christmas trees tree was first recorded to be used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas trees tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strasbourg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.