Christmas tree

Also known as holiday tree, Christmas-tree

tree, often decorated, used in the celebration of Christmas

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A Christmas tree is a tree, often an evergreen like a pine or fir, that is decorated and displayed during the Christmas holiday season. It serves as a central symbol and decoration in Christmas celebrations for many people and families around the world.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Christmas tradition
Subclass of: Christmas decoration
Image: Rockefeller Center christmas tree.jpg
Said to be same as: New Year tree

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Commons category: Christmas trees
topic's main category: Category:Christmas trees
Unicode character: 🎄
Commons gallery: Christmas tree
manifestation of: Christmas
inception: 1600-00-00
different from: Christmas tree

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Encyclopedic overview

Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree 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, associated with the celebration of Christmas. It may also be an artificial tree of similar appearance.

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