O CHRISTMAS TREE AROUND THE WORLD
White House, Washington D.C.
Capitol, Washington D.C.
Rockefeller Center, Manhattan NYC
Gubbio, Italy - Don Matteo's Parish
Delft, Holland
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
The Christmas tree is approximately 98 ft. tall
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Christmas Tree of Hope, Gore Park Canada
Christmas cactus plant
Paris Opera House, France
Red Square, Moscow, Russia
Parliament, Budapest Hungary
Milan, Italy
Frankfurt, Germany
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gotheburg, Sweden
Underwater Christmas Tree, Philippines
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- 20.8 million Christmas trees are grown annually in the United States
- 58% of Americans have artificial Christmas tree, compared with 66% of those in the United Kingdom
- 98% of all trees bought all over the world are grown on tree farms, the other 2% are cut from the wild
- 3 Christmas trees are planted for each single tree harvested
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Maze: Chicago Christmas Tree
One story about the origin of the Christmas Tree originated from Scandinavia. The pagan people there from long ago used to worshiped trees. When they became Christians, they made their sacred evergreen trees part of the Christian festivals. Another legend tells how the first Christmas tree was shown in a miracle to an English missionary named Winfrid, later known as St. Boniface. More than 1,200 years ago, Winfrid traveled through northern Germany. Along the way, he met a group of heathens at an oak tree near Geismar. They were preparing to sacrifice little Prince Asulf to the god Thor. Winfrid stopped the sacrifice and cut down the "blood" oak. As the oak fell, a young fir tree appeared and told them that the fir was the Tree of Life, representing Christ. The Germans were probably the first to use Christmas tree decorations. It caught on and became popular in Scandinavia, Poland and then in the United States. From tinsels and lighted candles to today of shiny colored balls and strings of colored electric lights. Cool!
Past Christmas Tree at Daley Centre
Season's Greetings 2010 Video
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BloggerPage- Maze: Chicago Christmas Tree
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