Christmas Tree

A Christmas tree is a conifer tree which traditionally around Christmas in home is extracted and with balls, candles, garlands, Angels hair, various decorative figures such as angels, reindeer, parcels, and possibly a peak is adorned. The tradition of the Christmas tree is gradually extended to illuminated and decorated trees on squares and in parks, streets and gardens.

In many cities and towns is a large lighted Christmas tree put down, usually on a market, square or other central place.

When the Christmas tree is rigged differs from region to region and from religion to religion. In Belgium, the Netherlands and unwritten rule that Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations only after Sinterklaas (5 december) may be made. [1]  appearance with Epiphany (6 January) is the tree removed. One left the tree used to be also called the feast of Maria-Candlemas. Sometimes it has been said that the removal of the tree before three kings would bring misfortune, but this view seems to be less widespread: many Dutch people do the Christmas tree at the turn of the year already out the door. [2]



Content
[hide] *1 Origin and age of the use 
 * 2 Present
 * 3 Christmas trees sale
 * 4 tree species
 * 5 Artificial Christmas tree
 * decoration 6
 * 7 Christmas tree burning
 * 8 Trivia

Origin and age of the use
About the age of the use of the Christmas tree walking the sources widely.

In the Romance that the Christmas tree a dived theories on old Germanic origin would have, with the tree (oak) was central to a midwinter celebration (actually the shortest day). Became possible that tree than lit. As the tree was in the winter, it was burned for heat.

In Netherlands is the Christmas tree was introduced in the 19th century. [3]  the tradition of the Christmas tree has come from Germany and Netherlands taken by immigrants to blow over. [4]  Germany is seen as the cradle of the modern Christmas tree, where in the 16th century Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. [5]

The Christian churches, especially the Roman Catholic Church, have banned the Christmas tree for a long time. The Christmas tree has with the contents of the ChristianChristmas has nothing to do. Interestingly, it is precisely their nineteenth-century kindred spirits who have ensured that the Christmas tree in Netherlands entry took place. In the nineteenth century the Réveil has played an important role in the introduction of the Christmas tree. Knew at first only rich families using a spar in house, the Sunday school brought him wide popularity. Sunday school, founded by figures of the Réveil, was not only a convenient way to spread the Gospel but also to arms of resources. Since then, the Christmas tree according to some churches symbol for ' light '.

The Catholic Church has given her own Christian meaning to the tree. [source? ] The triangular shape of the Christmas tree would be the Holy Trinity of the father, the son and the Holy Spirit represent.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="336" style="line-height:1;"> [source?]

Present
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Early 21st century are tendencies in Western countries to Christmas trees in public areas with decorations that there is any relationship with it exhibit. This is going to be whether or not accompanied by references to the religious background of the Christmas tree. So bare in 2009 the Hague University find themselves frustrated with the measure to that year for the first time to place no Christmas tree, because of the ' international character ' and the diversity within the school. The school found a Christmas tree ' reasonably related (...) to a Christian feast ' and hung only garlands and lights on, to the theme of light and heat, "which according to the Executive Board could be completed by everyone in his own way.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]  Students decided itself to put down Christmas trees in the school building. In Brussels at the end of 2012 plans to met with the traditional Christmas tree in the Large Market to replace it with an object with luminous cubes, on much resistance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]

Christmas Trees Sale
Christmas trees nursery in the u.s.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The traditional street trade as sales channel of Christmas trees in recent years shifted to chain stores, garden centers and the internet.This has mainly to do with the current culture of ' one-stop shopping '. There are ever fewer time to buy a Christmas tree on the street.It is rather to a central point where you can do also the rest of the groceries. Selling Christmas trees over the internet begins to be skyrocketing.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Garden centres and chain stores use the Christmas tree as a means to lure visitors to their store. The Christmas tree is there at a competitive price. The profits during the Christmas season will not be created on the Christmas trees, but more on Christmas decorations and other accessories.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Make adoption for environmental reasons, hiring or deposit trees entrance. The trees (with clod) are available for hire and can be returned after the Christmas days, after which they will be replanted.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The bulk of the Christmas trees comes from Scandinavia and the Ardennes.

Tree Species
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Christmas tree sellers selling anno 2013 mainly the Norway spruce (Picea abies), the Nordmann-fir (Abies nordmanniana), the Serbian spruce (Picea omorika) and the Blue spruce (Picea pungens).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8]  the needles of the Nordmann fir fall less rapidly-than that of the Norway spruce. Other species of the genera FIR, silver fir, Pseudotsuga den and are in use as a Christmas tree. The German Christmas song O, Tannenbaum is translated as O, pine tree, which probably is justified, since both den spar as old Dutch words for coniferous tree were. The last decades the name den usually reserved for what used to be called pine (genus Pinus).

Art Christmas Tree
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to the real Christmas tree artificial Christmas treesalso exist, which especially in garden centers and webshops are available for sale. Such trees are usually made up of a metal frame and flame retardant plastic. Sometimes in the points of the branches slightly concealed. This is done to make the tree shape as finished as possible.Nowadays one can at the art Christmas tree an aerosol with the smell of a real tree buy to the illusion to have a ' real ' tree.

Decoration
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A Christmas tree is often decorated. Some common elements of decoration:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In many countries and regions are often own Christmas tree habits for. For example, in Scandinavia are traditionally also braided paper hearts and/or small figurines of straw hung in the tree or birch bark and nowadays also often a homemade gingerbread cottage or kerstbok a straw at the tree.
 * garlands to the Christmas tree;
 * Christmas balls and other hanging decorations;
 * a peak, star or Angel on the tip of the Christmas tree;
 * a Nativity scene under the tree;
 * gifts under the Christmas tree;
 * Angel Hair;
 * Christmas tree lighting, often garlands of lights that are wrapped around the tree;
 * Christmas village, pottery miniature cottages;
 * candles at dinner.

Christmas Tree Burning
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In many Dutch and Flemish municipalities are at the beginning of the new year the Christmas trees burned at a so-called Christmas tree burning. Especially young people than Christmas trees and deliver them in at a certain place. Then the Christmas trees on an evening in front of the fire ignited and burned.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the 1970s and 1980s it was popular with large groups of young people in order to collect Christmas trees and those in "direct labour" at a crossroads or square to burn. This tradition was especially in the Hague by many neighborhood young people actively politely. It could go in that time intense between neighborhood groups that led to injuries as a result. This tradition was better known as "Christmas trees rausen"; at its Hague: "rausen kegsbaume". Starting from the 1990s, in-house burning Christmas trees allowed less and less due to the high cost of asphalt repairs and the unsafe situation for residents in the immediate vicinity of the Christmas tree burning.

Trivia
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Christmas tree remained behind in 1995 (failure of guy wires), 1999 and 2001 (to high cost), 2002 (work on the Tower) and 2006 (problem with organization). In 2011 the Christmas tree in the traditional design is not taken because of repairs to the previously affected by fire antenna installation. Be placed on top of the tower was the "peak" (as in other years in the form of a bright white lamp) and there were searchlights at the feet of the guy wires that were addressed to the top. This was an attempt to create a kind of Christmas tree, but the effect was less spectacular than in previous years. The biggest Christmas tree was visible again in 2012; on 7 december became the largest Christmas tree reignited.[4][5]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]
 * Yearly is in IJsselstein in Netherlands the largest illuminated Christmas tree seen in the form of lights in the radio mast Lopik. The Gerbrandy Tower or mast Lopik is a 367 meter high transmitting mast in the Dutch IJsselstein for FM radio and television broadcasts. The tower was on 9 May 1961 opened by h.m. Queen Juliana. The tower is easily visible from the A2, the A12 and the A27. Also in villages and towns around IJsselstein is the lighted mast to see well, at favourable weather conditions to more than 30 miles away. At Christmas time since 1992 additional stay cables attached and equipped with lamps. The tower is then the largest Christmas tree in the world.