The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte's Gift to England

ISBN-10: 0807566373
ISBN-13: 9780807566374
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages: 32
Language: English
Published: 2018-10-01
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Author: Nancy Churnin

Description

Queen Charlotte brought her family's festive holiday yule bough from Germany to England. While planning a Christmas Day party in 1800 at Windsor Castle for over 100 children, she realized a single bough isn't enough. So she brought in the whole tree instead, making it the first known Christmas Tree in England. This story tells a little known fact about a favorite holiday tradition.

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