<P> In Russia, the Christmas tree was banned after the October Revolution but then reinstated as a New - year spruce (Новогодняя ёлка, Novogodnyaya yolka) in 1935 . It became a fully secular icon of the New Year holiday, for example, the crowning star was regarded not as a symbol of Bethlehem Star, but as the Red star . Decorations, such as figurines of airplanes, bicycles, space rockets, cosmonauts, and characters of Russian fairy tales, were produced . This tradition persists after the fall of the USSR, with the New Year holiday outweighing the Christmas (7 January) for a wide majority of Russian people . </P> <P> The TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) was influential on the pop culture surrounding the Christmas tree . Aluminum Christmas trees were popular during the early 1960s in the US . They were satirized in the Charlie Brown show and came to be seen as symbolizing the commercialization of Christmas . The term Charlie Brown Christmas tree, describing any poor - looking or malformed little tree, also derives from the 1965 TV special, based on the appearance of Charlie Brown's Christmas tree . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1935 to present </Li> <Li> <P> Christmas tree with presents </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Christmas Tree in the cozy room at the Wisconsin Governor's mansion . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Christmas tea with Christmas Tree at an espresso shop in Eugene, Oregon </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A Soviet - era (1960s) New Year tree decoration depicting a cosmonaut </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Christmas Trees in church </P> </Li> <Li> <P> An aluminum Christmas tree </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1935 to present </Li>

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