According to Country Living, Martin Luther, a prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation, is credited with decorating trees with candles to mimic the stars in the night sky. German Christmas ...

German religious reformer Martin Luther is said to have been the first to decorate a tree for Christmas by adding lit candles. The earliest European settlers in North America considered Christmas ...

Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees ... with wafers, candles, and red apples. These "paradise trees" symbolized the Garden of Eden. 17th-century German settlers brought the ...

What would Christmas be without a Christmas tree, candles and Santa Claus? In our Advent Calendar 2024, we introduce you to the objects that characterize German Christmas. In addition, an article ...

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was ... Albert's childhood in Germany. Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles, sweets, fruit ...