The origins of the Christmas tree lie in ancient times however a more modern history of the Christmas tree comes from Germany in the 17th century. German families cut the tops off of evergreen trees and placed them upside down in their houses where they were decorated with apples, nuts, and red ribbon or paper. German immigrants to the United States are also said to have brought some of these traditions from their homeland. They built wooden pyramids and decorated them with evergreen branches. The first full tress didn’t appear until the early 1800′s.
IN 1834 Queen Victoria of England married Prince Albert of Germany, and later that year the first Christmas Tree made an appearance at Windsor Castle. This tradition became more popular and spread to the United States in the 1840′s. In the 1850′s an enterprising farmer chopped down some evergreen trees and drove two ox carts to New York City and set up the first Christmas Tree lot to sell trees. In 1856 the first Christmas tree was introduced to the White House by Franklin Pierce.
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