The practice of decorating a home with pine boughs predates the more modern idea of the Christmas tree by centuries. By the 1600s, the Protestant population of Germany embraced the idea of bringing a tree into the home and decorating it, setting in motion the development of a grand Western tradition that has spread beyond Europe and North America, and fuels an entire industry of tree farms and the manufacture of artificial trees. If you’re celebrating Christmas today, we wish you a merry one.
Happy holidays!
Today in History
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Black bear cub emerging into spring
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Union Square, Manhattan
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
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Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Let s get lost
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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Festivus
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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The perfect canvas for an ancient text
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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World Turtle Day
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Star Wars Day
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Happy International Astronomy Day!
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Pearl Harbor Day
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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The parenting of a piping plover
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International Day of the Tropics
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World Water Day
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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