| There are hundreds of Christmas
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| | there; They decorate their trees with
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| traditions handed down from generation to
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| | candles and bright ornaments.
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| generation, from culture to culture.
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| | The first outdoor Christmas tree
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| Traditions like the Christmas tree in the
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| | decorated with electric lights was in the
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| living room the Christmas wreath on the
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| | market square in the town of Pietarsaari,
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| door, the mistletoe hanging from the
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| | Finland in 1905.
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| chandelier, gifts underneath the tree,
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| | Norwegians decorate their trees on
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| stockings hanging above the fireplace and
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| | Christmas Eve and then join hands and
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| cookies left out for good ole St. Nick.
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| | sing carols while walking around it. The
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| The Christmas tree is the most popular
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| | tree is usually decorated by the parents
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| tradition across all cultures.
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| | while the children wait anxiously outside
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| During the seventeenth and eighteenth
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| | the room. After the tree is decorated a
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| centuries in Austria and Germany the tops
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| | Norwegian ritual known as "circling the
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| of evergreens were cut off and hung
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| | Christmas tree" is performed. The family
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| upside down in a corner of the living
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| | joins hands around the tree and then
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| room. They would then decorate these
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| | walks around it singing Christmas carols.
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| evergreens with apples, nuts and strips
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| | After this they exchange gifts.
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| of red paper. The fir tree decorated with
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| | Even in warm climates at Christmas the
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| apples represented the tree of knowledge
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| | tradition of decorating trees exists. In
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| in the Garden of Eden. Today, the
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| | Australia, Christmas is in the middle of
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| Christmas tree or Tannenbaum in Germany
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| | the summer. Many Australians decorate
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| is traditionally decorated secretly by
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| | Christmas bushes which are native plants
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| the mother with lights, tinsel and
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| | with little red flowered leaves. In
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| ornaments. The rest of the family see it
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| | Brazil, pine trees are decorated with
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| on Christmas Eve with cookies, nuts and
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| | little pieces of cotton to represent
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| gifts under its branches.
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| | falling snow.
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| Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert
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| | Christmas trees in Sweden are decorated
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| brought the first Christmas tree to
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| | with stars, sunbursts and snowflakes made
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| Windsor Castle in 1834 which started its
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| | from straw. Spain has a fun tradition of
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| popularity in England. This popularity
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| | playing a game called Catalonia in which
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| crossed over to the United States and by
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| | a tree trunk is filled with goodies and
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| 1850 it had become very fashionable in
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| | the children hit the trunk, like the
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| the eastern states.
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| | piñata is hit in Mexico, trying to knock
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| Christmas trees are imported into
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| | out goodies like hazelnuts, almonds,
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| Greenland because there aren't any trees
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| | toffee and other treats.
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