Per Britannica, a fir tree dotted with apples featured heavily in a medieval German play about Adam and Eve. This became known as a “paradise tree.” Over time, Germans began placing a ...

These "paradise trees" symbolized the Garden of Eden. 17th-century German settlers brought the tradition to North America. The tradition didn't catch on with most Americans until Queen Victoria ...

Visitors and locals admired the blooming cherry trees in the western German city of Bonn on Sunday (April 6) as the blossoms of 300 cherry trees once again transformed the Old Town into a sea of ...