History of Christmas Trees, Origin, Meaning, Story of Xmas Trees

History of Christmas Trees, Origin, Meaning, Story of Xmas Trees

A Christmas tree is a tree that is a decorated tree, usually it is a confide type of tree such as spruce, spine or fir which is used for celebration of Christmas. Christmas tree is also an artificial tree, which is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is man made replication of such a tree and it is used instead of live tree in order to maintain the Christmas spirit and decorations without the maintenance and care of live cut tree, this tree is usually decorated with edibles such as apples, nuts or other foods. In later 18th century, it began to decorate with illuminated candles which was replaced by Christmas lights after the electricity was invented. In today’s life, there is a wide variety of the traditional ornaments. Ornaments such as candy canes, garland, and tinsel. On the top of the Christmas tree an angel or star might be placed to represent the angel Gabriel or the star of Bethlehem from the Nativity.

The tradition of Christmas tree was developed in early modern Germany (today it is called weihnachtsbaum or christbaum) which can be traced to the 16th century and possibly 15th century, in which “devout Christians brought the most decorated trees to their respective homes”. Christmas tree were used to hang in St. George’s Church, Selestat since 1521. It gained popularity beyond Germany during the second half of the 19th century. The Christmas tree is also well known as the “Yule-tree”, which was mentioned in the discussions of its folklorist origins.
History of the Christmas tree in detailed
in 1510, the first written record of a decorated Christmas tree comes from Riga, Latvia. The Men of the local merchants decorated the tree with artificial roses, they danced around the tree in the marketplace and then set fire to the tree. The rose was used for many years on the tree was considered to be a symbol for the Virgin Mary.

History of Christmas Tree

In 1530, there was a record from Alsace, a territory of France (then later it was a Germany territory) that trees were used to sell in the marketplace and brought home and it was set up completely undercoated. Laws limited the size of the tree to “8 shoe lengths” (that is slightly over 4 feet).

In 1600s, by the 17th century, it became common in Germany territories to decorate Christmas trees with apples. This traditional practice was a holdover from the 14th century and 15th centuries. Apples were the only prop used in the plays played in “miracle plays” that were used to perform at the churches on December 24. 24 December was Adam & Eve’s Day which was mentioned in the early Christian calendars, and the plays at the churches were used as ways of teaching the Holy Bible to the largely illiterate population of Germany.

 

In 1700s, in some parts of Austria and Germany, this evergreen tips were brought into the home of the people and it was hung top down from the ceiling of the house. They were some time decorated with gilded nuts, apples and red paper strips. Edible ornaments were becoming so popular on the Christmas Trees that they were often called as “sugar trees.” In the 18th century, there is the first record of using lighted candles as decorations on the Christmas Trees which came from the France. 

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Origin of Christmas Tree

In 1800s, In the United States the Christmas tree was introduced by German settlers. It was rapidly growing from tabletop size to floor-to-ceiling size.

In 1851, Christmas Trees were began to be sold commercially in the United States. They were taken cut at a random from the forests.

In 1853, Franklin Pierce was credited for bringing the first Christmas tree to the White House of United States.

In Later 1800s, the first glass ornaments were introduced into the United States of America, again from the Germany. The first ornaments were mostly balls, but later there were chains of balls, figures and toys became more common.

In around 1883, Roebuck & Company and Sears began offering the first artificial Christmas trees and sold 33 limbs for $.50 and 55 limbs for $1.00.

Story Behind Christmas Tree

In 1900s, due to over harvesting of trees, the natural supply of evergreens tree began to be decimated. Conservationists became alarmed due to this action, and many magazines and newspaper began to encourage people to use an substitute made of an Terrestrial “snow” covered tree, it was consisting a branch of a deliciously tree wrapped in cotton balls.

In 1901, the first Christmas tree farming was started in 1901.In New Jersey, W.V. McGalliard started planted 25,000 Norway spruce on his farms. Also in 1901, to stop the practice of having Christmas Trees, Theodore Roosevelt tried it out of concern about the destruction of forests and climate. His two sons didn’t agree with him and enlisted the help of conservationist Gifford Pinchot to persuade the president that the practice of cutting tree was not harmful to the forests.

In 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt started a Christmas tree farming on his estate in Hyde park City, New York, United States.

In 1966, The National Christmas Tree Association of United Stated began its time, they honored the tradition of having the “Grand Champion grower” to present a Christmas tree to the First Lady of United States for display in the Blue Room of the White House. In that year, Howard Pierce of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, presented a Christmas tree to President Lyndon Johnson and her First Lady Bird Johnson.

In today’s life, approximately 25 – 30 million Real Christmas Trees are used to sold each year in the United States of America. Almost all of the Christmas tree came from these plantations.

So this was all about the History of Christmas Tree.

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