Tree

Further Reading: Tree

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Christmas Worldwide - Days before the festival, markets take a colourful look as they are decorated with traditional Christmas trees, stars, images of Santa, balloons and festoons... Elements common to many areas of the world include the lighting of Christmas trees, the hanging of wreaths, Christmas stockings, candy canes, and/or the creation of Nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus Christ...

Christmas Ornament: Tree-topper - Dolls that looked for all the world like men—the Tree had never beheld such before—were seen among the foliage, and at the very top a large star of gold tinsel was fixed... Hans Christian Andersen's story of The Fir-Tree describes the decoration of a Danish Christmas tree: On one branch there hung little nets cut out of colored paper, and each net was filled with sugarplums; and among the other boughs gilded apples and walnuts were suspended, looking as though they had grown there, and little blue and white tapers were placed among the leaves... Plastic tree toppers are often electrified and, once connected with the tree's strings of colored lights, glow from within...

Jesus In Islam - Furthermore, as she was near a palm tree, Mary was told to shake the trunk of the palm tree so that moist dates would fall down from which she could eat and be nourished...

Christmas: History - In Britain, the Christmas tree was introduced in the early 19th century following the personal union with the Kingdom of Hanover, by Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen to King George III... In 1832 a young Queen Victoria wrote about her delight at having a Christmas tree, hung with lights, ornaments, and presents placed round it... The Moravians in Bethlehem had the first Christmas trees in America as well as the first Nativity Scenes...

Christmas Ornament - Hale's story "The Peterkins' Christmas-Tree" offers a short catalog of the sorts of ornaments used in the 1870s: There was every kind of gilt hanging-thing, from gilt pea-pods to butterflies on springs... Christmas ornaments are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to festoon a Christmas tree...

Christmas Worldwide: Asia - Christmas trees are found in major malls and other public buildings, and in some homes as well, despite the small living area... Days before the festival, markets take a colourful look as they are decorated with traditional Christmas trees, stars, images of Santa, balloons and festoons...

Christmas Worldwide: Americas - The Christmas tree stands centrally in the home, decorated with ornaments, tinsel and lights, with an angel or a star symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem at the top... Presents the family will exchange are wrapped and placed near the tree, including presents to be given to pets... Christmas tree cultivation in the United States and Christmas tree production in Canada provide families with trees for their homes including the White House Christmas tree...

Christmas Lights - The custom harks back to the use of candles to decorate the Christmas tree in upper-class Protestant homes in 18th-century Germany... By the mid-20th century, it became customary to display strings of electric lights as Christmas decoration detached from the Christmas tree itself, along streets and buildings... Christmas trees displayed publicly and illuminated with electric lights became popular in the early 20th century...

Christmas Lights: Other Holidays - These above light strings are occasionally used on Christmas trees anyway, usually to add extra variety to the colors of the lights on the tree... These are often clear white lights, but most are ornament sets, such as lanterns made of metal or bamboo, or plastic ornaments in the shape of barbecue condiments, flamingos and palm trees, or even various beers... Light sculptures are also made in everything from wire-mesh frogs to artificial palm trees outlined in rope lights...

Christmas Worldwide: Europe - Other common attributes of Christmas in Germany and Central Europe include Christmas trees, mistletoe, Christmas garlands, and Bethlehem cribs...

Christmas Lights: History - The Christmas tree was adopted in upper-class homes in 18th-century Germany, where it was occasionally decorated with candles, which at the time was a comparatively expensive light source... There were two large round tables on which were placed two trees hung with lights and sugar ornaments... The illuminated Christmas tree became established in the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria's reign, and through emigration spread to North America and Australia...

Serbian Traditions: Christian - In the morning of Christmas Eve a Serbian Badnjak Oak (sacred tree) is felled, and a log cut from it is in the evening ceremoniously put on the domestic fire... Burning a fire against vermin and snakes Picking flowers and herbs which are put in water to either drink or swim in Lazarice ritual, a procession, parade of six maids A zapis (Cyrillic: запис, literally "inscription") is a tree in Serbia that is sacred for the village within whose bounds it is situated... In settlements without a church, ceremonies such as weddings and baptisms used to be conducted under the tree...

Serbian Christmas Traditions - Early in the morning the head of each family, usually accompanied by several male relatives, selects and fells the tree from which the log will be cut for their household... The Turkey oak is the most popular species of tree selected in most regions, but other oaks, or less frequently other kinds of tree, are also chosen... After throwing grain at the tree, he greets it with the words "Good morning and happy Christmas Eve to you", makes the Sign of the Cross, says a prayer, and kisses the tree...

Christmas Decoration - The modern Christmas tree tradition is believed to have begun in Germany in the 18th century though many argue that Martin Luther began the tradition in the 16th century... The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization of pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the winter solstice, which included the use of evergreen boughs, and an adaptation of pagan tree worship... The English-language phrase "Christmas tree" is first recorded in 1835 and represents an importation from the German language...

Christmas Lights: Outdoor Displays - The displays utilize Christmas lights in many ways, including decking towering Christmas trees in public squares, street trees and park trees, adorning lampposts and other such structures, decorating significant buildings such as town halls and department stores, and lighting up popular tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House... Annual displays in Oxford Street, London, England are adored by the public and local businesses alike, have been erected for decades...

Christmas: Celebration - Main article: Christmas decoration See also: Christmas tree, Nativity scene, Christmas lights, Christmas stocking, and Christmas ornament The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history... Countries such as Japan, where Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians, have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas, such as gift-giving, decorations and Christmas trees...

Christmas - Countries such as Japan, where Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians, have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas, such as gift-giving, decorations and Christmas trees... Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly...

Christmas Lighting Technology - These were first used for public displays on lampposts, street lights, and telephone poles in cities and towns... Incandescent lamps or LEDs are located in the tree base and many optic fibers extend from the lamps to the ends of the tree branches... Fiber optic technology is also used in Christmas lighting, especially by incorporating it into artificial Christmas trees...