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Some History Regarding Christmas Decorations And The Christmas Tree

By Dollie Coughlan


There are many decorations readily available for you and you can get the whole family involved in beautifying because young ones love trying to throw tinsel at the tree. One thing about decorations however is where the idea for decorations originated from.

Christmas adornments date back to the fifteenth century when residences in London had to deck their homes ivy, bays and holm. And also they had to add decorations that suitable the season of green that is what the authorities of London stated. This is where the thought of having ivy decorations at Christmas originates from. The idea behind this was that the heart shaped ivy was meant to symbolize the coming of Jesus along with the holly was meant to guard the homes from pagans and witches whilst the berries symbolized the crown of thorns which were worn by Jesus before his death.

The colors of Christmas are commonly identified as red as well as green but lots of people don't know the real reason for these colors. These are slightly linked to the leaves that became obligatory by the council of London as they went for the green leaves as well as red berried. The colour green is meant to symbolise eternal life which is then symbolised by the use of evergreen trees which never lose their leaves.

The Christmas tree is somewhat important from the cultures of the Pagans and it was apparently turned into a Christian culture. The pagans used trees during their Winter Solace as a symbol of worship for somewhat strange explanations. This reason was that they worshiped the fir trees because of their triangular shape that pointed towards heaven as an arrow.

The Christmas tree did not make it to the UK till 1835 that was when the word was first recorded. This was imported from the German people who were already using tress even though it is argued that this isn't the origin as Martin Luther used Christmas trees regularly in the sixteenth century. It didn't become a regularity in Britain until 1845 which is when many trees were utilized and they weren't regularly used in America till the 1870s.

The modern decorations that we have nowadays are just improvements from traditions as items like Christmas lights represent candles and also things like tinsel were generals released for commercial value which they obvious hold these days.




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