What a Cool History, Chuck!

Evergreen trees in garlands were used to decorate symbols of eternal life by everyone from ancient Chinese to Hebrews and Egyptians. And European pagans even worship these trees. They really took off thanks to Prince Albert and that engraving. Christmas lights, clearly, which were introduced in 1890 or in the 1890s. That is based on a Saturnalia tradition from the ancient Romans where they would eat human shaped biscuits.