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the the the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens To recapture the the the scene for his family he he he he he erected a a a a a a a a a a tree in in in in the the the main room and and filled its branches with lighted candles Who Brought Christmas Trees to America?
Most 19th-century Americans found Christmas trees an oddity The first
record of one being on on on display was in in in the the 1830s by
the the German German settlers of of Pennsylvania although trees had been a a a a a a a a a a a a tradition in in in many
German German homes much earlier In 1846 the popular royals Queen Victoria and her German Prince Albert were sketched
in the Illustrated London News standing with their children around a a a Christmas tree Victoria was very popular with her subjects and what was done at
at
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court immediately became fashionable—
