A long time ago, people used to decorate trees outside their homes each winter for it was felt the trees has lost their leaves and the spirits living on these trees have abandoned them.
People were worried that without these tree-spirits, the trees will never grow leaves again.
And so to encourage them to grow leaves, they dressed these trees up with colourful strips of cloth.
Come spring, the trees grew leaves again and people have beencontinuing this tradition ever since.
The German started the custom of bringing small fir trees into the home and to continue the tradition, they added strings of beads and colourful sweets, gingerbread and fruits to the tree.
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