Christmas

The earliest artificial Christmas trees can be traced back to Germany around the 1800’s. The trees were made from feathers, of geese, swans, turkey’s and even ostriches. The feathers were removed and dyed green to look like traditional evergreen trees. In the early 1900’s artificial tress took a leap forward and were made of other [...]

Christmas Wreaths were in use long before people began to celebrate Christmas. The wreath or circle has long been a symbol of eternity or the circle of life. In early pagan days wreaths were used as decorations to celebrate military victories, sporting contests or other important events. During pagan rituals of Saturnalia the wreath was [...]

Christmas Decorations have evolved over the years and are constantly changing. Many traditions for Christmas Decorations come from different cultures and are mixed together and changed along the way. Decorations of Christmas Trees changed from the days of the Middle Ages where trees were decorated with fruits, nuts and berries to glass ornaments in the [...]

During the earliest times Christmas tress were left bare or decorated with natural items such as apples, pears or other fruits, nuts, or candies. Eventually as society began to advance other items such as candles, ribbons, and decorated paper were used.
One the most famous first decororated Christmas Trees was the one brought by Prince Albert [...]