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Tre‘s flourish in. festivities
Of all the customs of the
Yuletide, none flourishes
more merrily than the Christ-
mas tree. It's a happy holi-
day tradition to set up a tree,
string it with lights, deck, it
with ornaments and crown
it with a star.
Legendary suggestions
about the origin of the tree
are plentiful, Just about every
country has one to offer,
The pine trees of the Roman
Saturnalia, the great tree of
Yggdrasil in Norse mythology
and the evergreens the Egyp-
tians used to adorn their
homes at the winter sol-
stice are but a few of the
possibilities.
In Scandinavian mythol-
ogy, the three roots of Ygg-
drasil bound together the
home of the gods, the land
of mankind and the nether-
world,
Though where the Yule tree
Deph can't be pinpointed, it
first showed ..up. as an .age011t-
phshed. NC( in the 16th pen,
Strasbourg manuscripts
of that era OSPribOclocoraWd
trees as, a regular, established
part of the Christmas season,
The custom of the 'tree. was
probably brought to the. New
World by hessian soldiers-
fighting for the British in the
Revolutionary War,
The chronology of the
Christmas tree in America
reveals these highlights, as
compiled by the editors of
Encyclopedia International.
1856 First Christmas tree
in the.White House introduced
by President Franklin Pierce.
1909 People of Pasadena,
Calif. erected a towering tree
on Mount
1912 Community trees dec-
orated in. Madison Square
Park, New York city, and on
the Common in Boston,
1913 "Children's Christ-
mas Tree" placed in Indepen-
dence Square, Philadelphia,
1929 Giant deodar cedars
create a mile-long panorama
of lighted trees, on "Christ-
mas Tree Lane" in Maxima,
Calif.
1923 First National Com-
munity Christmas Tree inau-
gurated by President Calvin.
Coolidge.
1926 National Christmas.
Tree designated by U.S. De-
partment of Interior. It's a
"Sequoia gigantea," or conif-
erous evergreen, in King's
Canyon National Park, Calif.
1933 First Rockefeller Cen-
ter Christmas tree erected—a
70-foot high Norway spruce
with 1,200 colorful lights.
Since then, huge Christmas
trees—usually Norway spruce
—have been a tradition in this
New York business-entertain-
ment complex. Tallest ever
• was a 90-footer, in 1948.
1947 Minneapolis celebrat-
ed with a tree. made of water-
pipes. 135 trees placed in the
pipes served as limbs.
1950 A Seattle shopping
center set a record for the high-
est tree, with a 212-footer.
Canadians celebrate with a
National Christmas Tree on
Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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