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2. Gouda by Candlelight - Wikipedia

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   Gouda by Candlelight is a Christmas event with music, theatre, and singing in the big market square in the town of Gouda, the Netherlands. The tradition began in 1956, when the market of Gouda was decorated with a large Christmas tree, lit by candles in front of the old medieval town hall. It is the oldest and largest 'Christmas lights evening ...

3. Christmas lights - Wikipedia

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   [2] [1] The Christmas tree was adopted in upper-class homes in 18th-century Germany, where it was occasionally decorated with candles, which at the time was a comparatively expensive light source. Candles for the tree were glued with melted wax to a tree branch or attached by pins. Around 1890, candleholders were first used for Christmas candles.

4. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. [1]

5. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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   According to TIME Magazine, 1931 was the first year that this special location displayed a Christmas tree, when a 20-ft.-tall balsam was put up on Christmas Eve by the construction workers who ...

6. 10 old-school Christmas traditions that are no longer practiced

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   Placing candles on the tree. Placing lit candles on Christmas trees dates back to 17th-century Germany. However, the festive trees were the source of several deadly fires. The fire risk was so ...

7. What Christmas looks like in every state - AOL

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   Every year, Idaho's state Christmas tree is lit in front of the statehouse in Boise. According to a local news station , this year's tree is a 36-foot-tall blue spruce that weighs about 3,750 pounds.