The tradition of putting up such a Christmas Tree finds its origin in the late 15th century in Germany. Then the tree was traditionally decoratd with edibles such as apples, nuts and dates. But now the food has widely been replaced by ornaments, Christmas tree baubles and balls, tinsel, garland, little bells and other pretty glittering decoration. On top of a Christmas tree usually an angel or a star is put. Since many generations, my family has always tied a big red bow on the highest branch of the tree.
Some families still enlighten their Christmas tree with real candles but due to the high flammability of the dry fir tree most of the people nowadays use electric candles or Christmas lights.
We bought our tree last Saturday and I am already looking forward to setting it up and decortating it a few days before Christmas...
Enjoy some nice pictures from the web:
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