A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine, or fir or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. The modern Christmas tree was developed in early modern Germany (where it is today called Weihnachtsbaum or Christbaum)
with predecessors that can be traced to the 16th and possibly 15th
century, in which devout Christians brought decorated trees into their
homes