Originally Posted by
artificer
I thought it was the German immigrants of the 1840's that really MADE Christmas what it 'is' with "father Christmas", the tree, advent calendars, etc.
Yes, I wasn't really saying otherwise 
However it has been noted in Rev War era diaries that Hessian troops quartered in Trenton (and in Canada) had Christmas trees (the first in the colonies I believe).
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