Show balsam firs fin in old world balsam firs grew in the old world as vell ell as in the new eav and in many countries have been considered from earliest times sacked trees the hebrews used fir fur for the belling of the temple of jerusalem greeks thought thon glit the fir i a priest tell hell in bondage by zeus the russians would riot not cut the tree the franks thought it tile the home of the wood genii the Nor norseman norsemen semen called it the king of the forest and believed the odin their ruling spirit sometimes concealed himself in its branches arid from his hiding place threw presents to the peasants from tills this legend may have originated the idea of the christmas tree |