In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria ... Photograph by David Min, Getty Images A Christmas tree towers outside St. Peter’s church in Riga, Latvia. Folklore offers a number ...

Few symbols encapsulate the Christmas season quite as well as the Christmas tree. Each year ... Then, the Godey’s illustration was published, with some editing to remove the Queen’s crown ...

The tree will be lit from 5 a.m. to midnight through mid-January. It will be lit for 24 hours on Christmas Eve, but there will be an early cutoff of 9 p.m. for New Year’s Eve, when revelers will ...

"They would light the candles and put gingerbread on the tree and the children would be brought in." Fox Photos//Getty Images Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip look at their Christmas tree during ...