Le Sapin Noël Symbol by Hotel ★★★ Restaurant Gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
Le Sapin Noël Symbol by Hotel ★★★ Restaurant Gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
For the feast of “Jul”, Northern peoples (Scandinavian and Nordic) planting a tree in their homes. In the 18th century the Christmas tree made its entrance in churches.
Before that the tradition of the Christmas tree spread in Germany there is a very old custom of decorating windows, ice, the doors and ceilings of branches of Ivy.
In France the first official record of the Christmas tree is located in Alsace. En 1521, a municipal edict allows the Rangers to leave the people cut from small trees for Christmas. The first descriptions of the Christmas tree back to 1605. It's description of Christmas trees in Strasbourg. At that time the tree was decorated with paper roses, color papers, red apples and various candies.
The tradition of the Christmas tree was widely introduced to France by the Princess Hélène de Mecklembourg who brought it to Paris in 1837, After her marriage to the Duke of Orléans. En 1841, prince Albert (a native of Germany), husband of Queen Victoria, did draw up a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle, in England and he instituted the ceremony of decorating the tree.
Brought in the luggage of the settlers, the Christmas tree takes root in the United States at the end of the 18th century. The tradition of the Christmas tree or Christmas tree is established at the White House in 1840. At the Canada Christmas tree is erected inside churches.
The Christmas tree made its entry into Russia in 1852, the first tree is planted and lit in St. Petersburg.
Traditional decoration
Traditional Christmas tree decorations vary little from one country to another. The Christmas tree symbol of life was also called “tree of life”, his first decoration was apples, then treats.
The Christmas tree is quickly lit candles, tradition has it that there are twelve candles, one for each month of the year. Christmas candles are the cause of many fires ! Gradually the decoration of the Christmas tree is enriched with small gifts to distribute to children. The Scandinavian decorated FIR figurines made of woven straw inherited from Pagan traditions.
Nowadays FIR decoration
Today all Christmas tree decorations are possible from the traditional to the more Baroque. the key is to have fun and rewarding children.
The Christmas tree can grow of decorative elements bought in trade as the balls in plastic or light garlands, But what a pleasure to find preparations for Christmas and make family a few Christmas decorations ! The whole family can participate in preparations.
In Christian families, the tree comes with a Christmas crib.
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