The first Christmas tree as we have come to know it, minus the light and tinsel, appeared in Alsace in around 1521 and by the 18th century the custom was well established in Germany and Austria
It
was then spread far and wide due to the Royal families and the aristocrats.
It
was introduced into France by the princess Hélène de Mecklenburg who brought
one to Paris in 1837 after her marriage to the duke of Orleans.
In
1841 it reached England when Prince Albert, a German, husband of Queen
Victoria, set up a Christmas tree at Windsor castle.
From
then on, the Christmas tree custom spread quickly through the middle class and
then to working people.
Once
the custom had firmly taken hold in England it quickly spread around the globe
through the British Empire.
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