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Another possible origin of decorating Christmas trees begins with Martin Luther, who noticed how beautiful the stars were shining through the forest trees. He placed candles on a Christmas tree to mimic the beauty of the starlit sky through the forest and in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem, which led the three Wise men to the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
It's also well known that the Church used Christmas trees decorated with apples as props in the mystery plays of the Middle Ages. These were enactments of the story of the garden of good and evil, often presented during the Christmas season.
As far as Christmas tree decorating as we know it today, an English visitor to Strasbourg Germany in the early 1600s reported seeing Christmas trees decorated with wafers and golden sugar twists. We also know that that markets in Germany in the 1600s sold wax ornaments and shaped gingerbread that people could buy to decorate their Christmas trees and tinsel was invented in Thuringia in the early 1600s by shredding pieces of real silver into delicate ribbons.
By Victorian times, it was the fashion to decorate the Christmas tree. It was a source of pleasure and pride in one's home to have a beautifully decorated tree. Glass-bead garlands, gilded tin bugles and blown glass ornaments became very popular. A winged angel gilded in pure tin topped many a Christmas tree by the mid 1800s.
Victorian Christmas trees were usually tabletop trees. They were often decorated with little gifts that we now consider to be stocking stuffers. Homemade ornaments were very common. Popcorn strings, paper ornaments, ribbons, small toys, nuts, fruits, candies and hand made ornaments of Christmas cards and doilies were very popular as well.
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