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The Christmas tree was adopted in upper-class homes in 18th-century Germany, where it was occasionally decorated with candles, at the time a comparatively expensive light source. Candles for the tree were glued with melted wax to a tree branch or attached by pins. Around 1890, candleholders were first used for Christmas candles. Between 1902 and 1914, small lanterns and glass balls to hold the candles started to be used. Early electric Christmas lights were introduced with electrification, beginning in the 1880s.

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Here is my Valentine's Mantel
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Valentine Mantel:Decorating
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Valentine's Mantle Decorations
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Valentine Mantel Ideas
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Valentine Mantel @ Positively
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Valentines Mantel Linky Party
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The illuminated Christmas tree became established in the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria's reign, and through emigration spread to North America and Australia. In her journal for Christmas Eve 1832, the delighted 13-year-old princess wrote, "After dinner..we then went into the drawing-room near the dining-room. There were two large round tables on which were placed two trees hung with lights and sugar ornaments. All the presents being placed round the trees". Until the development of inexpensive electrical power in the mid nineteenth century, miniature candles were commonly (and in some cultures still are) used.