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Christmas Trees as they came to be now started around the late 1400s into the 1500s. In what’s now Germany (was the Holy Roman Empire then), the Paradise Tree had more decorations on it (sometimes communion wafers, cherries and later pastry decorations of stars, bells, angels, etc. were added) and it even got a new nickname the ‘Christbaum’ or ‘Christ Tree’.

You might have heard about the German pickle stories where adults hang a pickle in a Christmas tree and the first child that finds it gets an extra gift. Now if you thought that was unique and culturally different, then you ought to know that Ukrainians put spider webs in their Christmas trees.

Sometimes you visit a store and your breath will be taken away. That is what will happen when you take a trip to Home Gallery’s showroom at Briarhill Business Park.

The Christmas tree which is the focal point of the festive season has had a very eventful nine or 10 years before reaching your living room.

Christmas is a very special occasion and will be treasured moreso this year when celebrating with family and loved ones - to that effect, erecting a real Christmas tree at the heart of your home is the ideal way to celebrate the festive season.

You have to improve your diet to lose weight. You also need to exercise, although not as much as you might think. However, the most important key to weight loss success is metabolism. Metabolism is your weight loss master switch. It controls the results from diet and exercise. No amount of dieting or exercise will compensate for a bad metabolism.

With the Christmas season in the rear view mirror for another year, for those of you who availed of the opportunity to decorate your home with a real tree the time is nigh to recycle with the environmental benefits firmly to the fore.

Once again, KMK Metals Recycling Ltd. has teamed up with Golden Island Shopping Centre in Athlone to give shoppers the opportunity to recycle old and broken Christmas lights for free.

An estimated 150,000 extra families have made the switch over the last three year from plastic to a real Irish Christmas tree, as growers expect to sell well in excess of half a million real Irish Christmas trees this year in Ireland.

With the news that level five restrictions have been eased to level three for the month of December, the Christmas rush will now begin. The city has been feeling very festive for the past couple of weeks with the Christmas lights adorning the rooftops of buildings and lampposts and local businesses utilising the enforced free time of lockdown by decorating their shops with yuletide spirit.