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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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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A bridge that rocks
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Remembering Krakatoa
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Penguin Awareness Day
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May the Fourth be with you…
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Travels to the Oregon deep
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Bobbio, Italy
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International Day of the Tropics
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Celebrating Yi Peng
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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A rock in a wild place
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Winter solstice
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Room at the top?
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Terraced fields of green
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Bavljenac Island
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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A new park with a new mission
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In the Supertree Grove
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Jerte Valley in bloom
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Heceta Head Light, Florence, Oregon
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World Turtle Day
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Fall color sweeps across the West
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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
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