Title: What Items Did German Immigrants Bring to America? | Synonym
Headings: What Items Did German Immigrants Bring to America?
What Items Did German Immigrants Bring to America?
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1 German-American History
2 Christmas
3 Education Standards
4 Foods

Content: By 1980, 52 million Americans were of German descent. 2 Christmas
Despite common belief, evergreens were brought into homes during winter well before the advent of Christianity. Christmas tress can be traced to early Nordic people. They brought evergreen boughs into their homes to celebrate the solstice, which occurs on either December 21st or 22nd, depending on the year. Later, early Roman peoples brought evergreens into their homes to celebrate Saturnalia, a feast that honored their god Saturn. Evergreens were not associated with Christmas until German Christians began bringing them into their homes in the 16th century. This tradition was continually passed down through German families. However, German immigrants waited until the 1830s to erect the first Christmas tree in the United States. Non-German Americans thought the Christmas tree was pagan and odd. By 1890, however, Christmas trees gained popularity and became a regular American Christmas custom.