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2. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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   In 1880, Woolworth store founder, F.W. Woolworth, reluctantly bought 144 inexpensive Christmas ornaments to sell in his store from a traveling German salesman, and they sold out in a matter of ...

3. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s). A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

4. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   A silver nitrate solution is swirled about inside the ornament. This gives the ornament a silver glow. The outside of the ornament is painted or decorated with metal trims, paper clippings, etc. Cotton batting. Cotton batting Christmas ornaments were popular during the German Christmas toy and decoration boom at the turn of the century.

5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

6. Christmas in Poland - Wikipedia

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   Christmas in Poland is called "Boże Narodzenie", which translates to 'God's Birth'. [3] The Day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December is the unofficial beginning of the festive season in Poland. [4] Well-behaved children receive small gifts on the day, whereas naughty children receive a lump of coal or a twig, called "rózga".

7. Mezuzah - Wikipedia

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   The Sephardic custom leaves out the phrase " כוזו במוכסז כוזו ‎", and only the Hebrew word שדי ‎ (Shaddai) is written on the back of the mezuzah. This follows the Shulchan Aruch and the writings of the Rambam. The Ashkenazi custom of writing both phrases, however, was supported in the writings of the Remo. (Yoreh De'ah 288:15)