[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Scott Knitter]

I think we've always been horrified at their real candles on a dead tree.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> The Germans living in the buildings near our military housing in
> Frankfurt/M, Germany were amazed at two aspects of USA
> Christmas decorating customs.  (1) We favored electric lights for  indoor
> trees and decorations (as opposed to real candles) , and (2) We
> favored colored lights for outdoor decorations, and not the blue  lights
> the Germans favored for their outdoor decorations.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA