You Can Thank Queen Victoria for Your Christmas Tree

How Did the Tradition of the Christmas Tree Start?

A scene from the Christmas celebration of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria with their children, engraved in 1848, captivated the kingdom and quickly led to the adoption of the custom of decorating a Christmas tree in the British Isles and the rest of the English-speaking world. Credit: Unknown engraver/ http://www.webstermuseum.org/christmas.php/Public Domain Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria, almost single-handedly brought the tradit…

You Can Thank Queen Victoria for Your Christmas Tree

The idea first spread to England through Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria's mother—but it was Victoria's consort Prince Albert who brought them into the mainstream in 1848.