Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition. Back in the 1600s, trees displayed in homes were not ...

The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

German and other European settlers brought this tradition to America in the early 19th century. “A New York woodsman named Mark Carr is credited with opening the first U.S. Christmas tree lot in 1851, ...

Christmas as a U.S. holiday emerged slowly, with Louisiana being the first state to declare it as a state holiday in 1837 ...