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The meaning of the Christmas tree

2021-09-15


1. happy reunion
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Christmas tree means reunion and happiness. Christmas tree is a decorative tree placed at home during Christmas, and Christmas is a day when Europeans and Americans gather together. Your foreign friend, wish him a happy holiday.
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2. Friendship lasts forever
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The Christmas tree has the meaning of evergreen friendship. The trees used to make the Christmas tree include European red pine, stone pine, spruce, fir, araucaria and other plants. These trees are all evergreen plants, and their leaves are emerald green throughout the year. Send a card to your best friend to congratulate him.
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3. Be grateful
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The Christmas tree has the meaning of gratitude and gratitude. The Christmas tree is taller and looks like a hero with a majestic body, which represents the meaning of gratitude to others. You can put the Christmas tree at home at Christmas to express your gratitude to your parents. Thank you, or give your teacher a Christmas tree card to show your love for her.
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4. Introduction of tree species
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The commonly used tree species for Christmas trees are conifers, pine fir, spruce, and pines. Among them, conifers are only used as Christmas trees in the southern hemisphere. The pine firs have the most trees, and the tree shape is beautiful. It is the most traditional Christmas tree. , and the spruce genus is easy to grow, inexpensive, and is the most common Christmas tree.
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The history of the Christmas tree
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It is said that the Christmas tree first appeared in ancient Rome on the Saturnalia in mid-December. The German missionary Nichols used a fir tree to enshrine the Holy Child in the 8th century AD. Subsequently, the Germans regarded December 24 as the festival of Adam and Eve, and placed the "Paradise Tree" symbolizing the Garden of Eden at home, hanging cookies representing holy bread, symbolizing atonement, and lighting candles and balls, symbolizing Christ.
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In the 16th century, the religious reformer Martin Luther, in order to obtain a starry Christmas night, designed a Christmas tree with candles and balls in his home.
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In the 18th century, it became popular among German Lutheran believers, and in the 19th century, it became popular throughout Germany and became a deeply rooted tradition in Germany.
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In the early 19th century, Christmas trees were introduced to England.
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In the mid-19th century, Albert (Queen Victoria's husband and German prince) popularized it. The Victorian Christmas tree is decorated with candles, candies and pastries and hangs from branches with ribbons and paper chains.
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The Christmas tree was brought to North America by German immigrants as early as the 17th century, and became popular in the 19th century. Also popular in Austria, Switzerland, Poland and the Netherlands.
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In China and Japan, Christmas trees were introduced by American missionaries in the 19th and 20th centuries, and were decorated with colorful paper flowers.