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Decorations for the Christmas trees of 100 years ago were quite different from what they are today. In the first place, most of them were made by hand, and many of them were edible—numerous small toys and dolls, gilded nuts and sweetmeats, marzipan candy molded in the shapes of animals, fruits, and vegetables, strings of popcorn and bright red cranberries, fishnets in Scandinavia (each country had its specialty), and at the tips of the branches tiny wax candles in little tin holders, all made the tree sparkle.
At the top soared an angel or a star, lighting up the tree so it represented Christ as the Light of the World.
Today the many trinkets and baubles have disap^eaFed^ Out store-bought glass balls and (night lights are beautiful bui^perhaps not as interesting and original as the old ones were.
The United States is the country that can be credited with originating the custom of setting up lighted Christmas trees in public places. Two such trees are especially famous, one not so far from us in Virginia. The National Community Christmas Tree on the south lawn of the White House in Washington is our official national Christmas tree and
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