Thomas and Susanne Jeromin are tree collectors. They live in Rinteln, Germany, where they decorated their 105 square feet house with over 100 Christmas trees, fairy lights, and around 16,000 ...

The then-13-year-old princess wrote about admiring decorated trees on Christmas Eve with her family back in 1832. Before that, George III’s German-born wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ...

In 1848, the Illustrated London News published an engraving depicting Queen Victoria, Prince Albert (her German husband), and their children gathered around a beautifully decorated Christmas tree ...

In 1846, Victoria and her German husband, Prince Albert, put up a Xmas tree. They decorated it with toys, candy, popcorn, and cakes. Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off.

In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was reminiscent of Prince Albert's childhood in Germany.