Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1900 — The Christmas Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Christmas Tree.

It is said that Christmas trees were used to place gifts upon as early as 1632. France adopted the Christmas tree about 1841), and Prince Albert introduced it into England the first Christmas after his marriage. The Queen still keeps tip this custom, having a tree for her own gifts, one for her children and grandchildren. and one for the household. Since then the custom has become world-wide. The "tree of candles” is of more ancient date. There is an old French romance of the thirteenth century in which the hero

sees a tree whose branches from top to bottom are covered with burning candles, while ou the top is the figure of a child shining with a still greater- radiance. This tree symbolized humanity—the tipper lights being the souls of the good, those below of the wicked, while t*e child represented Christ.