What would Christmas be without a Christmas tree, candles and Santa Claus? In our Advent Calendar 2024, we introduce you to the objects that characterize German Christmas. In addition, an article ...

The trees were decorated with wafers, candles ... German husband, Prince Albert, put up a Xmas tree. They decorated it with toys, candy, popcorn, and cakes. Once word spread, the popularity of ...

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was ... Albert's childhood in Germany. Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles, sweets, fruit ...

But what really made a tree a Christmas tree were the candles, and while flickering flames were festive, they were also a fire hazard. Over at the Edison shop, Johnson saw an opportunity.

At the height of the Christmas season ... depicting the zeppelin and a fir tree festooned with candles in Nordic fashion. One of those envelopes, now darkened with age, also bears traces of ...