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Article: IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1955: Christmas Trees Win
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- International Herald Tribune
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- December 24, 2005
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International Herald Tribune
12-24-2005
ROME: The Christmas tree has won another victory. Italy must now be added to the list of countries, once all but limited to Germany, where the gaily decorated evergreen is the heart of Christmas fun. More than 1,000,000 trees will be sold this year in Italy, according to Dr. Angiolo del Lungo, a farm and forestry editor who probably knows more about the Christmas tree in Italy than any other person because he has so long led the fight against it. A generation ago almost the whole Fascist state joined the editor in his campaign, insisting that Christmas trees were slightly pagan at ...