Christmas Ornament People had already started decorating trees in Victorian times. The ornaments they used were homemade candies and cakes hung as a Christmas Ornament with ribbon. In 1880, Woolworths first sold manufactured Christmas tree ornaments, which were well received and caught on very quickly. In the 16th century Martin Luther, is credited as being the first person to put candles on a tree. And in 1882 electrically lighted Christmas trees first appeared. Calvin Coolidge in 1923 ceremoniously lit the first outdoor Christmas tree at the White House, starting a tradition still going on today.
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Christmas Gift Why do we exchange gifts on Christmas day? The tradition of giving a Christmas Gift may have started with the three wise men who came bearing gifts at the birth of Jesus. In the book of Matthew, "On coming to the house they saw the child with his mother Mary and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh."
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Christmas Decoration In Australia, North and South America and to a lesser extent Europe, it is traditional to decorate the outside of houses with lights and sometimes with illuminated sleighs, snowmen, and other Christmas figures. Also, decorating a Christmas tree with lights and ornaments and the decoration of the interior of the home with garlands and evergreen foliage, particularly holly and mistletoe, are common traditions. Since the 19th century, the traditional Christmas flower has been the winter-blooming poinsettia. Other popular holiday plants include holly, mistletoe, red amaryllis, and Christmas cactus. Municipalities often sponsor decorations as well, hanging Christmas banners from street lights or placing Christmas trees in the town square. In the US, decorations once commonly included religious themes. This practice led to much religious controversy, so in 1984 the US Supreme Court ruled that a city-owned Christmas display including a Christian nativity scene was depicting the historical origins of Christmas and was not in violation of the First Amendment. Christmas decorations, such as the tree, are essentially secular in character but in some parts of the world like in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, such display is banned on the grounds that they are symbols of Christianity.
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