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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
5
A survey of holiday traditions notes Twelfth Night tree burning tied to Nativity feasts and Bethlehem’s star, and traces Christmas customs from early Christians to modern times. It cites 130000 tons of steel used for toys, SF’s first 1850 Douglas fir tree, most trees from US-Canada border states, and England’s 1613 ban and Victorian-era greetings in early cards.
The tale traces the tree to Egypt with palm trees as early examples and credits Germany and Prince Albert with bringing the custom to England. It also mentions Martin Luther as a pioneer of indoor tree decoration in the 16th century and ties ornaments to a centuries-old legend of miraculous bearing on Christmas Eve.
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