The play featured a "Paradise Tree," according to the website ... that the Christmas tree made its way to the United States by German settlers, according to the source. At this time, Christmas ...

Per Britannica, a fir tree dotted with apples featured heavily in a medieval German play about Adam and Eve. This became known as a “paradise tree.” Over time, Germans began placing a ...

These "paradise trees" symbolized the Garden of Eden. 17th-century German settlers brought the tradition to North America. The tradition didn't catch on with most Americans until Queen Victoria ...

The “paradise trees” represented the Garden of Eden. In Christianity, this is where Adam and Eve lived. They were the first man and woman. It is said that the German monk Martin Luther was the ...