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Christmas Trees
Decorating a Christmas tree is a traditional Christmas activity. After the lights are on and the ornaments are hung, the gifts are placed underneath. Trees can be real or artificial, and are decorated in a variety of fashions. They can also be quite a challenge to keep upright if you have toddlers or cats.
356 Questions
Bags of chocolate coins for kids,also chocolate santas and sweets if they have a string attached.
Is Christmas tree poisonous to cat?
I doubt it,my friend's kitten climbs the xmas tree all the time,she sleeps under it too
What are some types of Christmas trees?
There are three main and most popular types of Christmas trees which are Firs, Pine, and Spruces. Other types include Cypress, Cedars, and miscellaneous others.
Can you grow a Christmas tree from a branch?
Pines or firs, which are the normal Christmas trees, cannot be propagated from a branch.
Christmas trees came from what COUNTRY?
The custom of erecting a Christmas tree can be traced to 16th century Germany, though neither an inventor nor a single town can be identified as the sole origin for the tradition, which was a popular merging of older traditions, in the Cathedral of Strasbourg in 1539, the church record mentions the erection of a Christmas tree. In that period, the guilds started erecting Christmas trees in front of their guildhalls: Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann (Marburg professor of European ethnology) found a Bremen guild chronicle of 1570 which reports how a small fir was decorated with apples, nuts, dates, pretzels and paper flowers, and erected in the guild-house, for the benefit of the guild members' children, who collected the dainties on Christmas day. Another early reference is from Basel, where the tailor apprentices carried around town a tree decorated with apples and cheese in 1597. During the 17th century, the custom entered family homes
What do you get when you decorate a Christmas tree with ham?
you get a whole lot of stickyness on one tree . but it also makes the elves come along with fake santa :)
What does trimming the Christmas tree mean?
I believe it means "to Decorate the Christmas Tree."
Trimming the tree comes from the days when everyone harvested their own tree. No tree was ever the perfectly cultured trees we have today, nor were they selected from "farms" by professionals, they were collected by each family as part of their celebrations. The "imperfections" of the tree (such as odd, or extra long branches that may tip the tree) were trimmed off to make the tree more stable and pretty. This was usually done just before the lights, and ornaments went up, thus we still talk of trimming the tree as making it look pretty.
What is the Christmas Tree Shop slogan?
The officially registered slogan for The Christmas Tree Shop is as follows: "Don't You Just Love a Bargain?" They currently operate on 22 states around America.
How Christmas trees came a part of Christmas?
The Christmas Tree has a long history pre-dating the birth of Christ. In ancient times evergreen trees were used to decorate homes for the celebration of the winter solstice. Martin Luther is said to have introduced the custom to Protestant Germany in the 16Th century from where it spread gradually across Europe. I believe it was a protestant alternative to the nativity scene which was associated with Catholic idolatry. The custom did not reach England until the 1840's when it was introduced by Prince Albert the German born husband and consort of Queen Victoria.
Do africans have Christmas trees?
In reading your question I am not sure if you are asking about the nations within Africa or a racial destination.
How are evergreen trees linked to Christmas?
Evergreens are significant in several pagan ritualistic beliefs, especially around the time of the winter solstice. This is why they have been absorbed by some into the winter celebrations of Christmas. It is possible that this association of life (green plants in the dead of winter) was an important reason that the winter season was chosen as the time to celebrate Christ's birth in the first place. The date December 25 has nothing whatever to do with the actual event of Jesus' birth.
What does a Christmas tree represents?
Back in ancient times, many evergreens, such as "holly, butcher's broom, laurel and branches of pine or fir were considered to have magical or medicinal powers that would ward off illness." "On Christmas Eve, 24 December, Adam and Eve would be commemorated with the highly popular episode of the Tree of the earthly Paradise . . . The tree ought to have been an apple tree, but since an apple tree would have been inappropriate in winter, a fir tree was set on the stage and some apples put on its branches or, to symbolize the future coming of Redemption, wafers prepared with crushed biscuits in special moulds that were symbols of the Eucharistic presence of Jesus, as well as sweets and gifts for children." What about after that time?
Mentioning that the tradition of using a Christmas tree first started in Germany in the 16th century, L'OsservatoreRomano noted: "Italy was one of the last countries to accept the Christmas tree, partly because of a rather widespread rumour that the use of Christmas trees was a Protestant practice and should thus be replaced by the crib [the Nativity scene]." Pope Paul VI "began the tradition of setting up [in St. Peter's Square, Rome] a massive Christmas tree" near the Nativity scene.
