2006-12-21 07:53:33 · 8 answers · asked by xdt 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Goose feathers.
The first artificial Christmas trees were developed in Germany in the nineteenth century, when deforestation was a problem. They were tabletop trees, made from goose feathers that were dyed green. The feathers were wound onto small sticks that were then inserted into a larger stick which functioned like a tree trunk. These trees appeared in the U.S. in 1913, when they were offered through the Sears-Roebuck catalog. These little trees are highly valued by antiques collectors today.
2006-12-21 07:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by wvucountryroads 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first record of Christmas trees in America was for children in the German Moravian Church's settlement in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Christmas 1747. Actual trees were not decorated, but wooden pyramids covered with evergreen branches were decorated with candles.
The custom of the Christmas tree was introduced in the United States during the War of Independence by Hessian troops. An early account tells of a Christmas tree set up by American soldiers at Fort Dearborn, Illinois, the site of Chicago, in 1804. Most other early accounts in the United States were among the German settlers in eastern Pennsylvania.
In 1834, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was credited with bringing the first Christmas tree to Windsor Castle for the Royal Family. Some historians state that in actuality Queen Charlotte, Victoria's grandmother, recalled that a Christmas tree was in the Queen's lodge at Windsor on Christmas Day in 1800.
Charles Minnegrode introduced the custom of decorating trees in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1842.
By 1850, the Christmas tree had become fashionable in the eastern states. Until this time, it had been considered a quaint foreign custom.
Mark Carr brought trees from the Catskills to the streets of New York in 1851, and opened the first retail Christmas tree lot in the United States.
Franklin Pierce was the first president to introduce the Christmas tree to the White House in 1856 for a group of Washington Sunday School children. The first national Christmas Tree was lighted in the year 1923 on the White House lawn by President Calvin Coolidge
2006-12-21 08:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by northville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first artificial trees were tabletop feather trees, made from green-dyed goose feathers wound onto sticks drilled into a larger one, like the branches on a tree. Originating in Germany in the 19th century to prevent further deforestation, these "minimalist" trees show off small ornaments very well. The first feather trees came to the U.S. in 1913, in the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog.
2006-12-21 07:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We constantly had a actual tree while the youngsters have been domicile. Now that they are long previous we've replaced to a man made tree. area of it is by means of the fact our "domicile adorning" has gotten somewhat out of hand. This 3 hundred and sixty 5 days we could have 3 or 4 timber. next 3 hundred and sixty 5 days we plan on 5. man made tress enable us to set them up in the previous. It only takes greater time to beautify at present, a synthetic tree is only plenty much less perplexing.
2016-12-18 17:20:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-21 08:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
R U sure Sears was here?? Think not...
2006-12-21 08:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by momof3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-21 07:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by killer boot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-21 08:00:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋