Geocaching Holiday Tag The First Christmas Tree - 1

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Released:
Monday, January 1, 2018
Origin:
Latvia
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In the hands of TheGörk.

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First visit Santa Claus Village (Arctic Circle Jump) and then I want this travel bug to attend as much countries as possible and to travel around the world as much times as possible. 

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The First Christmas Tree - 1

When searching for the historical beginning of the first Christmas tree, one must go very deep into the past. Just like Santa Claus one finds that the first Christmas tree was combination of many different facts, legends and customs. 

Apparently it is not a well know fact that the location of the first recorded evergreen tree being used in a new year (Christmas) celebration was in Town Hall Square in Riga in 1510. 

In the past, there have been stories about Martin Luther walking in the woods near Riga and he created the first Christmas Tree. But actually, the Riga tree reference and the Martin Luther Tree reference are two different occurrences.

The Martin Luther Tree was not the Riga Tree. In fact, little is known about the original Riga tree other than the fact that it was attended by men wearing black hats, and that after a ceremony, they burnt the tree.

The legend says that the first Riga tree in 1510 was decorated with paper flowers and burnt on the bonfire after the ceremony; most probably, with a toast for the future, with steins held high!

Source: http://www.firstchristmastree.com/

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Retrieve It from a Cache 8/9/2020 TheGörk retrieved it from Kein Vogelhaus Luzern, Switzerland   Visit Log

Hello christmas tree
Discovered It 8/1/2020 Chrüsifämily discovered it Luzern, Switzerland   Visit Log

Den Christmastree heute gesehen und wieder abgelegt.

Dropped Off 7/19/2020 spaetzli placed it in Kein Vogelhaus Luzern, Switzerland - .21 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/19/2020 spaetzli took it to Samichlaushaus Luzern, Switzerland - .31 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/19/2020 spaetzli took it to Aussicht auf Wetzwil Luzern, Switzerland - 15.18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/18/2020 spaetzli took it to Wippo #1 Event-Tradi Solothurn, Switzerland - 2.58 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/18/2020 spaetzli took it to Der 5000 Found von carena64 Solothurn, Switzerland - 2.8 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/18/2020 spaetzli took it to II. Gunzgen A1 - A2 (Autobahnraststätte) Solothurn, Switzerland - 1.72 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/18/2020 spaetzli took it to Teufelsschlucht Solothurn, Switzerland   Visit Log
Visited 7/17/2020 spaetzli took it to II. Gunzgen A1 - A2 (Autobahnraststätte) Solothurn, Switzerland - 1.72 miles  Visit Log
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