The Visual History of Christmas Trees [infographic]

The Visual History of Christmas Trees is a new infographic from ChristmasTreeMarket.com. This one creates a visual timeline of the major milestones for the Christmas Tree mostly focused on the last 100 years.

The history of the Christmas tree has garnered a lot of fascinating points over the years. A tradition with humble beginnings in 15th century Latvia, the festive tower of foliage has grown to be one of the holiday season’s most beloved symbols. From the first decorated tree in 1600 to Gubbio, Italy’s 650-meter tall wonder, get a glimpse of Christmas tree history through this handy visual guide from Christmas Tree Market.

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IT Geek Christmas Tree

Adam from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia just sent in this picture of their awesome christmas tree. A Christmas tree made of RAM chips that would make the ultimate geek gift.


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Christmas Tree Made of 40,000 Plastic Bottles

This Sunday Kaunas, Lithuania unveiled a 42 foot tall Christmas tree made of 40,000 Sprite plastic bottles. At night, the tree is lit by lights. The tree is by Lithuanian artist Jolanta Smidtiene.






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Godzilla Christmas Tree

Where you can find a smoke-spewing, Santa hat-wearing Christmas tree in the shape of Godzilla? In Japan, of course, at the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall. Check out this monstrosity below as he prepares to stomp all over your holiday.

World's Tallest Lego Christmas Tree in London

A giant Lego Christmas tree has been unveiled at London's St Pancras station, the tallest tree ever built with the toy bricks, Lego has confirmed that its the worlds tallest tree ever constructed using just Lego alone.

Spanning 10-meters tall, the project utilizes 600,000 Lego bricks to compose 172 branches. 1200 Christmas balls, also composed of LEGOs, were assembled by Elementary School children before being hung from the sculpture.

After two months of arduous construction, the tree is now on display in the main station at St. Pancras.














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