The Christmas Tree

The central decoration in a traditional family Christmas is certainly the Christmas Tree. Christmas trees come in all shapes and sizes. Pine, fur, whatever variety, each is an evergreen, symbolizing the undying Love of Christ, and the Light and Hope He brings, transforming even the darkest, coldest time of the year, into a time when the world unites in joy. To share that joy now, this page contains a few electronic Christmas Trees to bring the Spirit of the Season across the world and into your computer, also for some tips on finding just the right tree, click here.

Fun Christmas Tree Facts

The first records of Christmas trees are from Germany in 1605, although it probably has its roots in Yggdrasil the "Tree of Life" in Norse Mythology.

The first recorded candle-lit Christmas tree was at Wandsbek Castle, near Hamburg, Germany, in 1796.

Christmas trees were brought to America by the Hessians, German missionaries who fought for the British during the Revolutionary War.

In 1852, Mark Carr opened the first commercial Christmas tree lot in the United States, in New York City.

Arguably the most popular Christmas Tree in the world is the tree at Rockefeller Center, in New York City. Each year it is a Norway Spruce, at least 65 feet high, and is visited by about 8 million people.

18 million Americans are breathing Christmas tree air every day, thanks to the oxygen produced by the 1 million acres of Christmas trees growing in the U.S. right now.

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