SEARS SOLD THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES FOR $0.50 AND $1.00 IN THE LATE 1800S The production of lead tinsel was halted in the early 1970s, according to History.com, when the U.S. Food and ...

Construction workers pooled their wages to erect the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1931, bringing holiday cheer ...

Many families place the crèche under the tree and gifts, if exchanged, are not placed there until Christmas Day or after Midnight Mass. Sunday, May 18, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

Meanwhile, in 1841, Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert, had introduced Britain to the Teutonic tannenbaum—the Christmas tree—and the idea spread. In the States, President Franklin Pierce put ...