Christmas trees traditionally are put up 12 days before Christmas day, on the 13th of December. Some put up the Christmas tree on the 6th of December 6th in honor of Saint Nicholas. In Catholic tradition the Christmas tree is put up after noon on Christmas eve. Nowadays Christmas trees are put up the day or weekend after Thanksgiving.Some people take Christmas trees down 12 days after Christmas, others take it down on Epiphany, January 6th.
Some sources say that Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candles to show kids how stars twinkle in the night. We have been decorating Christmas trees since the beginning because here in Lapland we've always had Christmas trees and never have to take them down. Our Christmas trees are sprinkled with magic dust, the same dust that makes Rudolph's nose shine.
