Christmas Tree

In the 17th century, the tradition of decorating Christmas trees began to spread throughout part of Europe. They were decorated with apples, nuts and strips of red paper. It is in this time period that the royal families began to embrace the idea of a 'Christmas tree.'

It did take a bit of time for the Christmas tree tradition to be accepted in the United States. The first president to introduce the Christmas tree to the White House in 1856 was Franklin Pierce.

President Calvin Coolidge lighted the first, now famous, national Christmas tree in 1923 on the White House lawn. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter only lit the crowning star on top of the national Christmas tree to honor American hostages. 

Today people celebrate Christmas by decorating their trees with various types of lights and ornaments. There are beautiful themed Christmas trees with ribbons, flowers, lights and ornaments.

As well as, the wonderfully decorated trees with mismatched ornaments that tell a story of life every year as you decorate your tree. 

Today we also have a huge number of choices as to whether we want a real or artificial tree, what size of a tree, what type of tree, whether it is pre lit, and etc.

There are artificial trees now being Christmas Tree made that look and feel so real that you need to wear gloves to put them together.

These trees also offer options that are pre-lit with white and colored lights that can change depending on what button you press on your remote. A tree with a remote is a Christmas tree every man needs.