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Show Tradition Has It That Yule Tree Began in Egypt The Christmas tree, now almost a universal symbol, probably came to America from Germany, although tradition has it that Christmas trees originated origin-ated in Egypt. The palm tree is supposed to put forth a branch every month, and a spray of this tree, with 12 shoots on it, was used in Egypt. German writers mention men-tion the tree as early as 1605. The German prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, introduced the I Christmas tree in England I when he had a tree for his daughter. |