The charming Christmas tree has always been looked upon as marvelous by kids and adults alike and reminds us of the evergreen trees covered with snow that sparkles like silver in moon light when the sky is clear. The Christmas tree perhaps has its origin in the belief of the Vikings from North Europe who took these evergreen trees as an inspiration to struggle on with life during winters and as a reminder that Spring will soon come again. Many pagan festivals used Christmas trees and later, they were imbibed into Christian festivals too.

The custom of decorating Christmas trees perhaps came from England and France of ancient times where Druids used to decorate oak trees with candles and fruits during their harvest festivals. Ancient Romans too are known to decorate trees during Saturnalia, their harvest festival, with trinkets. German Christians were the first to incorporate Christmas trees in their homes. At places, where trees were not so readily available, they used wooden pyramids as artificial Christmas trees.

The first known Christmas tree that came into limelight was the one decorated by Prince Albert of English Royalty who decorated his tree with candies and gingerbread along with candles and fruits. German immigrants brought the custom from Europe to America and by 1800s it had become a household craze. Ancient Christmas tree ornaments included cookies, popcorn, apples and nuts.