Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
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Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.
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Robins on cards were a joke 150 years ago when postmen wore red tunics and were named after them.
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Popular belief holds that 3 wise men visited Bethlehem from the east bearing gifts. However there is no mention in the bible about the number of wise men who visited. Three gifts were brought - gold, frankincense and myrrh, but names commonly attributed t
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Christmas trees become popular in the UK from 1841 when Prince Albert erected a tree in Windsor Castle following a German tradition. Fir trees have been decorated at Christmas time in Germany since the 8th century.
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The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.
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