Ceramic Christmas trees are back—and you can find them in every color, size, and style. If you grew up before the 2000s, you likely remember having a porcelain or ceramic Christmas tree in your ...

Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles, sweets, fruit, homemade decorations and small gifts. In 1843 Henry Cole commissioned an artist to design a card for Christmas.

Photo: A child sleeps in an air-raid shelter festooned with Christmas decorations – a not uncommon sight in December 1940. (Getty Images) Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire of London ...