The so-called "Chancellor's Fir" was handed over to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in drizzly weather on Wednesday. Christmas carols were sung by a children's choir during the event. The tree - a ...

Germany is widely associated with starting the tradition of Christmas trees. Families would set up evergreen trees in their homes on 24th December, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve.

The modern Christmas tree tradition began in Germany in the 16th century. Later, this tradition was introduced to England via King George III's German wife, Charlotte. In the 1790s, she would ...