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The decorating of a Christmas tree is a long held tradition around the world that began in Germany. In the 1600s, trees were decorated with apples in honor of "Adam and Eve Day" on Dec. 24.

The Christmas spider story may not directly address these practical benefits, but it still promotes a refreshingly tolerant view of house spiders. And it also highlights another, more abstract ...

In the 1880s, entrepreneur F.W. Woolworth had the genius idea to import the first glass Christmas ornaments from Germany to the U.S. The success of that venture helped him launch his fabled chain ...

The common tale told of the Christmas pickle, or Weihnachtsgurke, is that it’s an Old World tradition that started in Germany. It’s a yarn that’s printed on the packaging when you buy an ...

Lauscha, in the German state of Thuringen, began making Christmas baubles in the 17th Century Decoration became fashionable after a picture of Queen Victoria's Christmas tree, covered in glass ...

A Southern California native went looking for an old-fashioned Christmas. She found it in the “Christmas ornament town” of Seiffen, tucked in Germany’s Ore Mountains.

It was once one of over 1,500 manufacturers in this part of Eastern Germany, blowing glass ornaments and painting them by hand. But today, most Christmas decorations are mass-produced in China ...

You put them on your tree every year, but have you ever wondered — why? Why do we hang glass balls on a tree? It’s really kind of strange if you think about it. Yet we do it all around the world, year ...