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beauty of, the stately evergreens, and the stars sparkling through the branches from above. When Luther arrived home and tried to describe the beautiful experience to his wife and children, he was unable to find the words to describe the experience. To illustrate the scene, he went to the woods and returned with a small fir tree which was erected in the home and decorated with lighted candles. By the middle of the 16th century, decorated standing trees
began to-^hje^ome popular around Germany and France.
The Christmas tree was introduced to America around 1700 by German immigrants, but the custom did not become popular with most Americans until the middle of the 19th century. Although the records are not too clear, the first decorated Christmas tree may have been set up by the homesick Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. In fact, a Christmas Eve celebration by them may have provided Washington with the opportunity to turn the tide of the Colonial forces in 1776. On that fateful day, Washington’s men had little for which to be thankful. They were cold, hungry, and poorly clothed. The Hessians were
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