[ 2 December, 2007; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Although there are several rival explanations, the Latvian capital Riga lays claim to being the birthplace of the Christmas tree.
One story goes that it was the handiwork of the members of the House of Blackheads, an organisation for unmarried foreign merchants living in the city. They supposedly set fire to a tree and left it […]
