The 70 Year Old Christmas Tree and other Traditions

Posted on December 23rd, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I read an article today about a Japanese family who began a tradition of decorating a small, artificial Christmas tree back before WWII. That tree, and it’s symbol of more joyous times became a rallying point that carried [...]

 

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