The Christmas tree, a popular German tradition by the early 1800s, was popularized in the United Kingdom in the 1840s after Queen Victoria‘s German-born husband, Prince Albert, famously brought ...

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.

it was during the Victorian era that the Christmas tree began to take on its modern form. Queen Victoria and her German husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, also her first cousin ...

The royal has since called the home, which was first acquired ... Speaking of the magical Christmas morning, Charlene said: "We gather around the tree. My husband [Prince Albert], when he is ...

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.