A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. It may also be an artificial tree of similar appearance.
Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls
Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree
North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s)
Martin Luther is depicted with his family and friends in front of a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.
The hanging of the greens is a Western Christian ceremony in which many congregations and people adorn their churches, as well as other buildings, with Advent and Christmas decorations. This is done o
Items such as the Chrismon/Christmas tree and Advent wreath are placed in the church during the hanging of the greens ceremony