Prince Albert the consort of Queen Victoria, almost single-handed brought the tradition of the Crhistmas tree to the British Isles. From there it spread to the rest of the English-speaking world as one of his many innovations that he introduced after his marriage to the British queen.
Prior to that time, the Christmas tree had been known only to the Germanic world for the most part.
Historians believe the practice of decorating a tree may date back to the earliest Christmas time in the country, when the English missionary St. Boneface chopped down a tree that was sacred to the pagans to show that the world would not end as they had believed it would after it had been felled.
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