Thursday 22 December 2016

The World's Strangest Christmas Trees

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If we're being honest, the history of the Christmas tree is murky, pre-dating Christianity itself. The modern Christmas tree is most often traced back to the Renaissance.

Whatever the story, people from that time didn't envision a future in which their holy trees weren't harvested from the forest. They certainly didn't envision a 600-ton sand sculpture on the beaches of Florida.