History Of The Christmas Tree In Britain
The history of christmas trees goes back to the symbolic use of evergreens in ancient egypt and rome and continues with the german tradition of candlelit.
History of the christmas tree in britain. The christmas tree became popular in england in 1841 when queen victoria s husband prince albert brought a christmas tree over from germany and put it in windsor castle. Today having a christmas tree in one s home is an expected form of celebrating often involving a gathering various forms of decoration and eventually displaying the abundance of presents to be opened on christmas morning. Introduced into england in the early 19th century the christmas tree was popularized in the mid 19th century by german born prince albert husband of queen victoria the victorian tree was decorated with toys and. Christmas trees in great britain.