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Yule Legends From Many Lands Span Many Years
The first Christmas tree in an American church in 1851 surprised a Cleveland congregation and was seen as heathenish. Bayberry candles and poinsettias are linked to American and tropical American origins. A priest in Salsburg Austria penned Silent Night with Franz Gruber, later shared with his congregation.
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Cleveland
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Franz Gruber
Joseph Mohr