I put my corrections with * marks A Christmas tree is the most indispensable attribute associated with the celebration of Christmas, without which the holiday atmosphere *would become* less festive. Many folk legends have grown around the Christmas tree. According to one of the legends, the tradition of decorating an evergreen fir tree at Christmas started in Germany in the 16th century, when Germans took the fir trees home as decoration, which then came to be called Christmas tree. Later, Martin Luthur, a German, attached candles to the fir trees, and *lit* them, trying to simulate the reflections of Bethlehem. *In today's society*, people replace the candles with *decorative* lights. Another legend states that once there lived a poor woodsman who found a lost and hungry child in the woods at a snowy night. As it was a Christmas Eve, the woodsman gave him a hearty dinner. The child broke a branch off a tree and *stuck it in the ground* at their parting. He blessed the woodsman and said, ”May this tree have gifts all over its branches on this day every year. I leave the beautiful tree to thank you for your noble deed.” The woodsman found the branch becoming a little tree when the child left, and he realized that the child was Christ himself in disguise. *This* story becomes the origin of the Christmas tree. In the West, all families, Christian or non-christian alike, *typically* have a Christmas tree at home to give a holiday feeling. *A* Christmas tree is generally *of* evergreen fir trees and is a symbol of eternal life. It is decorated with ornaments like lights, candles, garlands, toys and stars. People enjoy *singing and dancing around the Christmas tree.* But I have to be honest, as an American, a lot of us aren't like this...we don't sing and dance around a tree. Usually families decorate them together, but other than that, once they're decorated, families just put presents under the tree. Also, a lot of us don't really put that much emphasis on a Christmas tree...to us, it's just a seasonal decoration.