Christmas trees, as evergreens brought indoors, may have originated from the northern European celebration of the winter solstice. At the darkest time of the year, evergreens provide a symbol of the ...

You'll find the glorious tree perched inside the Zürich Hauptbahnoff Railway Station, which also plays host to Europe's largest indoor Christmas market. Here, you'll find 150 stalls selling ...

Christmas trees aren’t put up until after Sinterklaas ... with a focus on quality time spent with family. France is another European country that deserves its one category on our list of the ...

Trees Are the Cheerful Spring Tradition Making a Big Comeback While Christmas trees have long been the centerpie ...

Europe’s oldest tree has been standing for an incredible 1,647 years. The tree is a small common juniper which is growing in the Finnish Lapland. It has been standing since the Roman Empire and ...

European pagans "decked the halls" with evergreen ... Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off. It became a tradition throughout England and North America.

In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was reminiscent of Prince Albert's childhood in Germany.