Christmas trees as we know them weren't around in medieval times. That custom didn't begin until the 16th century. A Very Short History Of The Christmas Tree.
Ages before the start of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season with pine, spruce, and fir trees, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows. In many countries it was believed that evergreens would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits, and illness.
In the Northern hemisphere, the shortest day and longest night of the year falls on December 21 or December 22 and is called the winter solstice. Many ancient people believed that the sun was a god and that winter came every year because the sun god had become sick and weak. They celebrated the solstice because it meant that at last the sun god would begin to get well. Evergreen boughs reminded them of all the green plants that would grow again when the sun god was strong and summer would return.
The ancient Egyptians worshipped a god called Ra, who had the head of a hawk and wore the sun as a blazing disk in his crown. At the solstice, when Ra began to recover from the illness, the Egyptians filled their homes with green palm rushes which symbolized for them the triumph of life over death.
Early Romans marked the solstice with a feast called the Saturnalia in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. The Romans knew that the solstice meant that soon farms and orchards would be green and fruitful. To mark the occasion, they decorated their homes and temples with evergreen boughs. In Northern Europe the mysterious Druids, the priests of the ancient Celts, also decorated their temples with evergreen boughs as a symbol of everlasting life. The fierce Vikings in Scandinavia thought that evergreens were the special plant of the sun god, Balder.
Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce. It is a widely held belief that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, first added lighted candles to a tree. Walking toward his home one winter evening, composing a sermon, he was awed by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. To recapture the scene for his family, he erected a tree in the main room and wired its branches with lighted candles.
There are lots of trees in Canada. As for decorated trees, there are many trees in Canada which are decorated for Christmas. And how they are decorated depends on who is decorating them. They can be decorated in all kinds of ways.
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Around christmas, French houses are decorated with Christmas trees, with garlands. Children put their shoes under the tree, or by the fireplace, where they will find their presents the following morning. Some people draw with white foam on their windows or put stickers. Star patterns, lightings, candles are popular. Less and less households are setting up Nativity scenes. Most towns have the streets lighted and decorated from mid or late November, until the first weeks of the New year.
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There are lots of trees in Canada. As for decorated trees, there are many trees in Canada which are decorated for Christmas. And how they are decorated depends on who is decorating them. They can be decorated in all kinds of ways.
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The Mango and banana trees are decorated for Chritmas in India.
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