christmas tree

Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve (24 December), and then removed the day after twelfth night (i.e., 6 January); to have a tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck. The most common tradition in U.S. homes is to put the tree up right after Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November) and to take it down right after the New Year. In more northern climates and into Canada, the tree (if not too dry) and other decorations are left up well into January. In Europe, private Christmas trees are not usually put up until at least the middle of December and are always taken down by the 6th of January.

Featured Christmas Sites:

LightTheNight
Christmas Lighting and Outdoor Lighting Specialists - LightTheNight offers complete design, sales, and installation of premanufactured and customized commercial or residential Christmas lighting displays.
www.LightTheNight.com/

Christmas Depot
The best selection of Christmas trees, lights, garlands, ornaments, animated figures, holiday music boxes and outdoor decorations available anywhere on the Internet. Christmas Depot carries the full line of fine quality Village products and collectible Snowbabies from Department 56, the finest name in the business. They are the exclusive worldwide distributor of Holiday Tree & Trim Company's full line of premium quality, American-made artificial Christmas trees.

Other christmas tree Sites:

Tree Classics - The World's Finest Artificial Christmas Trees
Artificial Christmas Tree Trees: World's greatest values in giant trees 6.5 Ft. to 40 Ft.
http://www.treeclassics.com/

A CHRISTMAS PALM TREE
A CHRISTMAS PALM TREE William Dalrymple From Al-Hewar, December 28, 2004 In late December, the plains of North India...
http://www.apomie.com/dalrymple.htm

The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree. For families in North America, Germany and other parts of Europe, the Christmas tree is the symbol of the Christmas season.
http://www.christmas.com/pe/1324

A Christmas tree by Captain Jack
Find real Christmas trees, information and locations of Christmas tree farms in the USA and Canada...
http://www.christmas-tree.com/

National Christmas Tree Association
Directory of Christmas tree farms and lots; information about tree selection and care.
http://www.realchristmastrees.org/

The Christmas Archives: Chronological History of the Christmas Tree
Chronological history of the Christmas tree from the 7th century to today.
http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html

Christmas on the Net - The History of Christmas
The History of Christmas ... [ HOME ] [ CHRIST ] [ SANTA ] [ TREE ] [ STOCKING ] [ CALENDAR ] [ CARDS ] [ GIFTS ] [ SCREENSAVERS ] [ GOODIES...
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm

Howstuffworks "How Christmas Works"
...people give each other presents on Christmas day? Is December 25 really the day Jesus was born? Why is there a small evergreen tree in your...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm

Christmas Trees & More
Find out all about Christmas Trees.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hort/trees.html

Christmas tree 'needle' challenge
As part of National Knitting Week, knitters in Devon are aiming to break the record for the largest knitted Christmas tree.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/england/devon/4330602.stm