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1747 - Moravians decorated their holiday tables with pyramids
of greenery.
1825 - Philadelphians took pride in their elaborately decorated
community Christmas tree.
1846 – Queen Victoria of England and her German-born consort,
Albert, were depicted in the Illustrated London News standing
beside a decorated Christmas tree.
1851 - The Rev. Henry Schwan was chastised by his Cleveland,
Ohio, congregation for decorating a Christmas tree in the church;
they assessed the custom as pagan.
1883 - The New York Times had some harsh words to
say about "the German Christmas tree," calling it "a rootless and
lifeless corpse, never worthy of the day."
1884 - The tradition of the Christmas tree was taking root
in Bloomington. Theophilus Wylie, an IU professor, decorated "A
Balm in Gilead" with bonbons. The rest
of the story
1900 - Some 1.5 million balsam fir trees were harvested
in the state of Maine alone.
2002- A holiday tree at IU Bloomington’s Visitors Information
Center is festooned with ornaments representing the various schools
and programs on the campus. At IU Kokomo, a Scholarship Tree across
from the bookstore contains personalized ornaments purchased to
raise scholarship funds.
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