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Christmas tree
noun
- an evergreen tree decorated at Christmas with ornaments and lights.
- a control board or panel containing a variety of colored lights for indicating the status of various functions, elements, components, etc.
- an elaborate arrangement of pipes, valves, etc., as for controlling the flow of oil or gas.
Christmas tree
noun
- an evergreen tree or an imitation of one, decorated as part of Christmas celebrations
- Also calledChristmas bush any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
- another name for pohutukawa
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Christmas tree1
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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A council has planted a dozen Christmas trees in preparation for future festive celebrations.
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“Today” ratings perennially shoot up in December after the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza goes up.
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“I leave my Christmas tree up all year long, decorated,” Kathi said.
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"At 10 to five in the morning, when it was snowing and my Christmas tree was up, the police came to my door," she says.
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Another would be freshly cut Christmas trees coming in from Oregon at the old railroad tracks near the wholesale fruit market.
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