Christmas trees and some things you maybe never know

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Every Christmas, the brilliant Christmas tree is an indispensable item in every frame. But why not a vine, a mulberry tree or any other tree but a pine, conifer …? Or which Christmas trees have hit records around the world, etc. And there are many interesting things about Christmas trees that you may not have known. Let’s find out with Newselectionz!

Christmas trees and some things you maybe never know

If Vietnamese people consider Dao, Quat, and Mai as symbolic trees for the Tet holiday, Western people have a Christmas tree as a symbolic tree for each Christmas.

Cây thông Noel cùng những phần quà (Ảnh: Internet)

With green color and colorful accessories on it, the Christmas tree or Christmas tree has become indispensable on Christmas days. The plants are green all year round, regardless of weather, even in the cold winter, it is still green and it carries on its very special meaning to humans. Many parts of the world also believe that blue is a spell that helps dispel all evil and sickness in life and is a symbol of a strong life, overcoming all obstacles.

The common tree is chosen as the Christmas tree in many places because it can live and lush in extremely cold weather with temperatures down to -196 ° C.

There are many stories and legends around the origin of the Christmas tree. However, no one has been able to identify the most clearly and accurately about its origin and the following are some hypotheses that you can refer to:

According to many documents, today’s modern Christmas tree, also known as the Christmas tree, has been recognized for the first time in the famous Beer country – Germany. Aiming to commemorate the missionary work of a famous English clergy. Around the 8th century AD, St. Boniface – an English missionary – during his journey to Germany to spread Christianity gave the city of Geismar where a young pine tree symbolizes a new belief.

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And when Christianity was accepted by the Germans, they chose the tree as a symbol of Christmas to commemorate the merit of St. Boniface. And later when the Germans immigrated to the US and neighboring countries, they brought the culture of displaying Christmas trees to the countries they came to.

Besides, according to a previous legend, the Eastern Europeans (Celtes) used the lunar calendar or we can call it the lunar calendar. Each month of the year is linked and symbolizes a tree. December 24, aimed at the winter solstice, should be named conifer (pressedicéa) – a cold-tolerant, strong, and always lush plant in winter.

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Dong Chi is the longest night time of the year, after the winter solstice, daylight will be more than before, it acts as a promise, signaling spring is coming. The moment of light coming is very much praised and revered by Eastern Europeans. In 354, the Catholic Church planned that Christmas will be celebrated on December 25. And they took the symbolic tree for Dong Chi period, the Christmas tree. Over time, the Christmas tree has a history of formation and now it has become familiar every Christmas.

In England in 1841, for example, Queen Victoria first decorated the pine tree at Windsor Castle with candles with a variety of colorful sweets and other fruits. Later this activity was widely used by the British elite, people used a lot of precious objects to decorate, and it as a way of showing their wealth. Christmas tree decoration is also becoming more popular in British colonial countries.

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Pictures of Christmas trees by the fireplace (Photo: Internet) In the US in 1850, the Christmas tree first appeared in a magazine here. The images in this magazine are widely circulated and the decoration of the Christmas tree has become a “hot trend” across America. From the period after about the 20th century, it has officially become a tradition in America. Pine trees appear everywhere, from towns to cities, from indoors to busy neighborhoods and commercial centers.

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