Christians have been celebratin Christmas ever since Jesus died. Other people have been celebrating Christmas since ever since the 1700s.
To get into the spirit of Christmas. This is because it has been a tradition for a long, long time also because people think it looks nice, special and homely.Because people get together and put them up to have fun while you are celebrating god.
To get into the spirit of Christmas. This is because it has been a tradition for a long, long time also because people think it looks nice, special and homely.Because people get together and put them up to have fun while you are celebrating god.
It is 12 days long, though many people stop celebrating about 2 or 3 days into it. It ends on the 6th of January with the feast of the Epiphany.
6453 years.
since 1954
Hundreds of years, maybe a thousand.
Holidays of various kinds have been celebrated as long as there have been people to celebrate them. Holidays provide a much-needed break from normal life, and such a break would have been very important for the early people.
27 years
Ever since July 1, 1867.
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) did not "start" the Christmas tradition. The "Christmas tradition" dates back to at least the 4th century, though early Christians were celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ long before that.
I'm British and neither I nor anyone I know does anything with apple trees at Christmas. The apples have been eaten and its leaves have fallen long before Christmas.
From cca. 20 years, but it is only a marginal celebration of commercial use.