History of the Christmas Tree Part 1

Good, snowy, fabulous and fun day to you my favorite project read.cash . Hello my dear readers))) Today is December 23 and it's already a little bit to the New Year!

What a beautiful winter in New Year's Eve decorations. Bright lights, garlands, amusement rides, a gift fair, even a holiday skating rink, you can see it all in almost every part of our planet.

Any decoration can become a bright photo area for a memorable photo. Residents and guests of the capital go to the square for the mood. Even frosts are not terrible for fans of beauty and celebration.

Why should they be afraid? If you look to the left there is coffee on offer and if you look to the right there are buns with freshly heated sandwiches for sale. You're refreshed and you're on your way to the merry-go-round or the ice-skating rink.

Folk artisans sell their wares. I envy creative people who can do beautiful things))) in a good way; ) And occupation, and gifts with their own hands made.  And who can not do all this, thenelcome to the craftsmen. There and wooden toys, and forged flowers, and exclusive clothing, in single copies sewn. And you can also buy unusual beautiful Christmas-tree toys at the fair.

And if you do not want to buy anything, you can just walk around the fair and get in a festive mood.

On the eve of various holidays in the parks set the appropriate decorations, hold various concerts, workshops, fireworks. And the New Year in the park is the most beautiful. Light installations, a Christmas tree, a free skating rink.

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On the eve of everyone's favorite holiday New Year's Eve everyone wants to read an interesting book, that will create a good mood and a feeling of the approaching miracle. I read books and watched a lot of different articles on the Internet about New Year, Christmas, Christmas tree...Christmas tree! And then I wondered: where did the Christmas tree in our homes, yards, parks come from in the first place? Whence came the tradition to decorate this fluffy and thorny beauty just in anticipation of the holidays?

I think this will be interesting for you, because the information I found, threw me into shock !!!!!!!.

A Christmas tree as a symbol of a cemetery and a the cemetery and the tavern.

The tree of death, a guide to the the world of the dead and a "decoration" of the grave- a traditional image of the Christmas tree among the ancient people, that existed before the 17th century, did not quite the same as the modern...the modern, festive image of the tree. Between the two Christmas trees suicides were buried, the coniferous branches were thrown on the road to the cemetery, the paws of the tree covered the grave in winter, and in some places it was forbidden to plant it at all. A Christmas tree was planted at the doorway of various taverns and eateries. It was like a symbol of these unfortunate places of drunkenness. It was by the fir trees at the gates or on the rooftops of the taverns.

The coniferous beauties were fasting all year round and gave way to their replacements on the eve the next New Year's Eve. For the Christmas tree peculiarity of the people the taverns became known as "Christmas trees."

A Christmas tree to placate the spirits, the dead souls.

In the distant past, people decorated just trees. It was believed that all trees are endowed with good powers, that good spirits live in them. Hanging on trees, treats and gifts, they tried to placate these spirits. Often trees were decorated with apples (a symbol of fertility), nuts (incomprehensibility of divine craft), eggs (a symbol of a developing life, harmony and complete well-being).

The tradition of decorating the Christmas tree is over 2000 years old. The evergreen spruce had a special place among all the trees. It was the sacred center, the "world tree," symbolizing life itself and the new rebirth out of darkness and gloom. Many believe that the evergreen spruce is the heavenly tree of immortality; the burning candles or lights are human souls, and the decorations are symbolic sacrifices.

The paws of the tree covered the grave in winter, and somewhere it was forbidden at all to plant spruces near the house for fear of the death of men. Otherworldly symbolism was also reflected in oral folklore, even one of the names of the devil as "YolS."

And so after this "news" the hair on my head stood on end, and at first I thought that this green tree will not exactly be in my house!!!! But curiosity didn't stop me and I started looking for more information about this "sinister evergreen wonder".

The history of the Christmas tree goes back to the late Middle Ages. There was a an ancient custom was to go to the forest on New Year's Eve, where they would decorate a pre-selected tree with colored cloths, candles and sweets. Over time, trees began to be cut down and brought home to fill the home with the pleasant smell of pine, to enjoy their beauty in the warmth and in the company of the closest relatives. The spruce would be placed on the table and decorated it with burning candles, fruit and sweets....However, no!!! The tree was not put up first! They hung it by nailing it to the ceiling!!!

After baptism, all these traditions of celebrating New Year's celebrations with Christmas tree began to take on a Christian rite.

We, the New Year's Eve, can't think of a Christmas tree, richly and brightly decorated. However, in the olden days, our ancestors decorated the Christmas tree a little differently than they do now.

Remember the fairy tale "The Nutcracker"? It describes exactly that: (quote): "The big Christmas tree in the middle of the room was hung with golden and silver apples, and on all the branches, like flowers or buds, grew candied nuts, colorful candies and all kinds of sweets"?

So, first of all, they were edible decorations: real apples, gingerbread and figurines made of sweet and salted dough, covered with multicolored glaze, gilded nuts, strings of colorful lollipops. Apples and other fruits were wrapped in colored foil. Such decorations can be made together with a child: kids usually happy to paint nuts or paint the empty egg shells.

Of course, we decorated Christmas trees with real candles🕯.

In the poorest homes candles were glued with hot wax directly to the branches, but there were also special clothespins for candles. Later candles were put in glass lanterns: it's prettier and safer.

The first Christmas balls came much later. At first, spheres (and later other glass toys) were produced by different factories. So if you have on the entresol or under the couch is a box with old toys: parachutes, balls, icicles, corn cobs, and so on, even the old days - feel free to decorate the tree with them! Of course, the most important Christmas tree decoration is the star. On the Christmas tree, it symbolizes the very star of Bethlehem that heralded the arrival of Christ into the world.

Ughhhh....I almost got sick to my stomach from all this news, and I started to think about not publishing this article.😂

It's hard to imagine New Year's Eve without a Christmas tree. Suppose you don't have a You don't have a Christmas tree, but spruce branches should be a must order. The peculiar smell of spruce fills your home with a New Year's freshness and gives us strength.

Our fabulous New Year's Eve is filled with the scents of resin and pine from the frost and decorated with hung with toys. With spruce branches and may it come as soon as possible so that we, so we can congratulate each other and give each other gifts and say.

Happy New Year!

All pictures are screenshots taken from the Internet and edited by me.

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