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Returning to the roots of the Christmas tree

This content was published on Dec 19, 2007 The exhibition Red in Green traces the tree’s story right back to the first written record in the old guildhalls of the upper Rhineland in the 16th century. Although Christmas trees graced the salons of rich and noble houses in German-speaking regions from then on, it wasn’t until the early 20th century that they became…