{"id":275,"date":"2009-11-30T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T21:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/?p=275"},"modified":"2009-11-30T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T21:46:40","slug":"fun-christmas-tree-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2009\/11\/30\/fun-christmas-tree-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Christmas Tree Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Christmas Tree as we know it originated in Germany.\u00a0 The children were not allowed to see the tree until Christmas Eve.\u00a0 The tree would be decorated with candies, nuts, cookies, apples, angels, tinsel, family treasures and candles.\u00a0 The presents were put under the tree and a bell was rung.\u00a0 The children would enter the room where they would sing carols, read stories and open presents.\u00a0 The Christmas Tree did not become popular around the world\u00a0until 1848 when Queen Vicktoria talked her husband, Prince Albert, into decorating a tree in their home\u00a0following the German traditions he grew up with.\u00a0\u00a0At that point\u00a0other countries tried to\u00a0compete with\u00a0the Queen and\u00a0each tree became more extravagant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Christmas Tree as we know it originated in Germany.\u00a0 The children were not allowed to see the tree until Christmas Eve.\u00a0 The tree would be decorated with candies, nuts, cookies, apples, angels, tinsel, family treasures and candles.\u00a0 The presents were put under the tree and a bell was rung.\u00a0 The  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2009\/11\/30\/fun-christmas-tree-fact\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,32,75],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-au-pair","tag-childcare","tag-germany"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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