🌲✨ A tree with lights did not become a year-end symbol by chance. It emerges from a very specific point in European history, long before LEDs and shop windows. In the 16th century, especially in regions under Germanic influence, the Christmas tree begins to appear in homes and churches as a symbolic object. The evergreen foliage represented continuity in the heart of winter. The light, then made with candles, gave meaning to the gesture: illuminating what remains alive when the world enters its