NEW BEDFORD — It's that magical time of year again, and the question is on everyone's mind: when do you put up your Christmas tree?

Whether you’re eager to "deck the halls" the moment Thanksgiving ends or prefer to wait until the week before Christmas, everyone has their own special tradition and the Herald News and the Standard-Times would like to know yours in our poll.

The history of the Christmas Tree

According to RealChristmasTree.com, the tradition of decorating Christmas trees originally comes from Germany, where families brought evergreen trees indoors and adorned them with candles, apples, and sweet treats as far back as the 16th century. German immigrants brought this custom to America in the 1700s, but it didn’t become widespread until the mid-1800s.

One of the earliest and

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