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Most 19th-century Americans found Christmas trees an oddity. The first record of one being on display was in the 1830s by the German settlers of Pennsylvania, although trees had been a tradition in many German homes much earlier. The Pennsylvania German settlements had community trees as early as 1747.
The Christmas holiday wasn't always a holiday, but did you know Alabama led the way? It's one of 12 Christmas facts you may or may not know. 1. In 1836, Alabama was the first state in the United States to declare Christmas a legal holiday. 2. Christmas wasn't declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870. 3. Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol helped the push to make Christmas an official holiday. The book was published a week before Christmas in 1843. 4.