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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1987
Page
25
Americans embrace a century-old holiday aesthetic as 19th century customs reappear in homes and events from New Jersey to Texas. SUNN Y O Neil and others offer workshops, tours, and books, tracing Dickens era charm to modern festival circuits and Smithsonian programs.
Sunny O Neil of Athesda Maryland adjusts ornaments on the living Christmas tree costume she created for a mannequin, inspired by 19th century descriptions and engravings. The outfit recreates period adornments and evokes Victorian holiday craft.
The Christmas tree tradition began in Germany and spread to the United States via German immigrants. By 1900 one in five American families had a tree, with roots in German and Scandinavian communities. by 1930 it was widespread. The first retail lot appeared in 1851 in New York, and tree farming began in Indiana in the 1940s.
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