About
The Christmas Tree is a decorated tree, used traditionally at Christmas
Origin
The earliest evidence of decorated trees used on Christmas Day are those used in guildhalls, decorated with sweets ande enjoyed by the apprentices and children. In Livonia, in 1441, 1442, 1510 and 1514, the Brotherhood of Blackheads put up a tree for the holidays in their guild house
Spread
After the Protestant Reformation, the trees were seen in the houses of upper-class Protestant families. This transition from the guild hall to the bourgeois family homes helped develop to the modern tradition.