Did You Know?

Christmas trees were decorated with apples, cakes and candies for many centuries! !

Christmas trees were decorated with apples, cakes and candies for many centuries! Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) is said to be the first to have decorated a Christmas tree with candles to show children how the stars twinkled through the dark night. In 1842, Charles Minnegrode introduced the custom of decorating trees to the US in Williamsburg, Virginia.

In 1882, ornaments were complimented by electric Christmas lights. Edward Johnson, a colleague of Thomas Edison, lit a Christmas tree with a string of 80 small electric light bulbs which he had made himself. By 1890, the Christmas light strings were mass-produced.

Today, we decorate our trees with lights, tinsel and special ornaments. If you could go back in time when light was not yet discovered, what would you use to decorate your tree?

I think I would decorate mine with powdered sugar, gingerbread cookies, small pears and maybe even jewelry!