Brief History of Christmas Trees

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color:#6666FF'>Jensen Trees</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt; color:#663399'>    </span> |    <b> </b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0000BF'><a href="index.htm" target="_top" title="Jensen Trees"><b>home</b></a></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=496 height=5 id="_x0000_i1026" src=042f0050.png align=BOTTOM></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Brief History of Christmas Trees</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Christmas trees have been a part of celebrating life, goodness, and joy long before the tradition of Christmas.  Here is a quick look back at some of the roles that 'ol tanumbaum has played:</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1027" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>2500 BC</i></b><i>          </i>The ancient Egyptians celebrated life's triumph over death by decorating their                homes with palm branches.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1028" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>300 BC</i></b>          Evergreens would brighten the homes of the Romans during their winter festival                Saturnalia; honoring Satunus the god of agriculture.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1029" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>700's</i></b>          An evergreen decorated with red apples, called the Paradise Tree symbolized                the feast of Adam and Eve during the Middle Ages.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1030" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1500's</i></b>          The Christmas Tree first gains notoriety in the little town of Strasbourg, now part                of France.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1031" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1776</i></b>          Christmas arrives in America as Hessian mercenaries that were paid to fight in                the Revolutionary War bring with them this tradition.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1032" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1842</i></b>          The Christmas tradition is modernized as Charles Minnegrode of Williamsburg,                VA. begins decorating the evergreen trees.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1033" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1923</i></b>          President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to light the National                     Christmas Tree on the lawn of the White House.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1034" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1935</i></b>          The first generation of Jensens to grow Christmas trees begins in                          Michigan.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1035" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1957</i></b>          Pete Jensen, the second generation, begins growing and selling trees in west                central Wisconsin.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><img border=0 width=24 height=16 id="_x0000_i1036" src=Symb075c00b700f0cc000000.png align=bottom>1965</i></b>          JENSEN TREES opens for business at our current location in Verona,                     Wisconsin.  Planting, growing, and selling Christmas trees, we are continuing                the family tradition.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>                                                  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000CC'>Source: The Wisconsin State Journal</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br> <br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </body>