It is of course a tradition in England to have a Christmas tree in your home over the festive season. The tradition originally comes from Germany. Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert, (who was himself a German) introduced the custom to the Royal Family in the 1840's and everyone soon adopted the idea. 

There are lots of attractive artificial trees in the shops now, but many people still prefer to have a real tree. You are not allowed to just go out into a forest with an axe and chop one down, but many shops, garden centres and street markets sell them at this time of the year.

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