The Christmas tree has been historically regarded as a custom of the Lutheran Churches and only in 1982 did the Catholic Church erect the Vatican Christmas Tree. Edible items such as gingerbread, chocolate, and other sweets are also popular and are tied to or hung from the tree's branches with ribbons. An angel or star might be placed at the top of the tree to represent the Angel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem, respectively, from the Nativity. Today, there is a wide variety of traditional and modern ornaments, such as garlands, baubles, tinsel, and candy canes. Moravian Christians began to illuminate Christmas trees with candles, which were often replaced by Christmas lights after the advent of electrification. The tree was traditionally decorated with 'roses made of colored paper, apples, wafers, tinsel, sweetmeats'.

The custom was developed in Central Europe, particularly Estonia, Germany and Livonia (now Latvia), where Protestant Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. 1970s)Ī Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. For other uses, see Christmas tree (disambiguation).Ĭhristmas tree decorated with lights, stars and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Family decorating Christmas tree ( c.

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