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Artificial Christmas Trees

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 [...]

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History of the Christmas Tree

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. [...]

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