CHRISTMAS TREE HISTORY

Trees were first decorated in Riga, Latvia in 1510.

Germans first decorated Christmas trees with apples in the 1600s.

Christmas trees were introduced into the U.S. by German settlers in the 1800s.

Christmas trees were used by chimney sweeps to clean dirty chimneys.

Christmas trees were introduced into the U.S. by German settlers in the 1800s.

The first glass ornaments were introduced into the U.S. from Germany in the late 1800s.

Edward Johnson who was Thomas Edison's assistant came up with electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882.

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