It simulates the snow found on trees outdoors in winter.
Cotton is sometimes used to decorate Christmas trees in Argentina. Argentina is very warm during Christmas and snow does not occur. The cotton is to symbolize snow.
Ornaments aren't really a symbol of Christmas. They're just used to decorate Christmas trees. Christmas trees are a symbol for Christmas.
toothbrushes
wreaths and bells
Candles were used to decorate Christmas tress before the electric lights became available.
French people decorate with Christmas trees,nativity scenes, mistletoe and candles
As they might do anywhere, cotton can be used to look like snow at Christmas time. Snow collects on the limbs of trees outdoors in winter. A more modern process is "flocking" (spraying the tree with nonflammable white chemical foam), which is sometimes applied unrealistically to the entire tree.However, more to the point, Argentina and other places, such as Australia, are in the Southern Hemisphere, which has opposite seasons from the Northern Hemisphere. Christmas there is in the summer so real snow would be hard to find. (Their summer solstice is December 21 or 22.)
because they dont have snow there so the cotten is ment to be snow
Americans adorn their houses, inside and out, with Christmas lights. Also, we usually decorate our Christmas trees with lights, usually topped by a star.
Christmas trees have been used during winter festivities since the ancient times. It is said that Martin Luther was the first to decorate a tree for the celebration of Christmas in England.
The McCances used paper to decorate their Christmas "tree".
Tinsel are long, narrow strips of coloured or silver aluminium foil, used mainly to decorate Christmas Trees.