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700
The beginning of the Christmas tree according to the legend
According to the legend, an English missionary traveled in modern Germany and over there, he met a group of barbarians who were preparing a sacrifice for a oak tree. To stop this sacrifice, he cutting down the oak tree and a fir tree grew in stead of the oak tree -
1000
Beginning of Christmas tree decorations
In the middle age, the church begin to decorate the fir trees with apples. At that time, their name were not yet Christmas tree but Paradise tree. -
1500
First decorations of Christmas trees thanks to candles
The church add candles at apples to decorate Christmas trees. -
Christmas trees became famous all over the world
Christmas tree became famous thanks to Queen Victoria, an English queen, who was married to a German. Indeed, during a winter, the German prince decorated a Christmas tree in the castle. The queen was a fashionable person, that's why all people recopied her.