François Lévêque

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  The amazing growth of the Christmas tree

  François Lévêque | Tue 24 Dec 2019 16:52 GMT

  A few hundred years ago, who would have dreamed that the humble Christmas tree would one day be an immense global success? Certainly not Martin Luther, who is said to have decorated a tree with candles to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Nor Prince Albert, who several centuries later set up the first Christmas tree in Windsor Castle.