It was in sixteenth century Germany, or so the legend has it, in a town called Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt.
That the founder of the protestant church,
Martin Luther, was the first to decorate a Christmas tree with lighted candles.
Apparently when he was walking home through
the forest one dark and frosty winter’s night, his attention was drawn to the
myriad of bright stars that he could see sparkling and twinkling through the
branches of the fir trees.
The beauty of the nights display had a great
effect on him and he proceeded home very excited.
When he arrived home, he relayed to his
family what he had seen and what had excited him so and almost immediately he
set about decorating his Christmas tree with candles and then to his families
surprise he lit them.
Goodness only knows what his family thought
that he was possessed possibly.
And what of the other people in the town what
did they think of him and his antics.
It probably caused more consternation than
the reformation.
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