Thursday, December 14, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
An
angel or star was placed on top of the Christmas tree to represent the
archangel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem from the nativity.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
Christmas
trees were decorated with apples, nuts and other foods when introduced in
Germany.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
President
Calvin Coolidge lit the first national American Christmas tree on the White
House lawn in 1923.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
Hessian
troops brought the custom of Christmas trees to America during the War of
Independence.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
Tinsel
was invented in Germany around 1610 and was originally made of silver stretched
into thin wafer strips until it was replaced by plastic in the 1950s.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Fresno Christmas Facts
The
first Christmas tree in America was not a tree at all, but a wooden pyramid
covered with evergreen branches and decorated with candles around 1740.
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