Origins of the Christmas Tree Tradition
15th Dec 2005, 14:32 GMT
Evangelical groups say they want to put the 'Christ' back into Christmas, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert has declared that the capital has a Christmas tree, not a "holiday tree." But debate over the tradition is not new, as a historical account illustrates.
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