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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Christmas Trees Around the World

Understand how cultures are very different, you have a look at decorating their Christmas trees, how different countries. A seemingly small thing, more or less assumed that all Christmas trees are decorated like them. If you understand that something is set up as often as the Christmas tree, otherwise, you can begin to understand how different it is to be sold on various markets.

German Christmas Trees (Christmas Tree)

Many of today's Christmas traditions started in Germany. There are at least 2 stories about how Christmas began.

The first is Martin Luther is gone for a walk in the woods near his home. He saw how beautiful the stars shone through the forest. He did so with the beauty of his wife shares he cut a fir tree and took him home. He used small candles on the branches and said that it would be a symbol for the beautiful> Christmas in Heaven.

Another legend says that in the early 16th Century, the people of Germany had two inches of that in different countries around the world has been practiced in combination. The paradise tree, a fir tree decorated with apples, which the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The second, a little like a pyramid The Christmas Light frame decorated with glass balls, tinsel, and a candle at the top. The Christmas Light was a symbol of the birth of Christ as the Lightthe world. Change the apple tree with balls and cookies, and combining this new tree with the light placed on top tinsel is that German created the tree to know many of us now.

Today, the Christmas tree is traditionally decorated in secret by the parents with lights, tinsel and ornaments from the mother and is lit up and on Christmas Eve with cookies, nuts revealed, and gifts under its branches.

Canadian Christmas trees

German settlers migratedto Canada from Germany and the United States before he 1800th These immigrants brought many of the things that we are today associated with Christmas. Advent, gingerbread houses, Christmas cookies and Christmas trees.

English Christmas Trees

Queen Victoria's German husband, Prince Albert, put up a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1848. Very quickly it became the Christmas tree tradition in England,the United States and Canada. Today is the traditional spruce tree in British homes to be used. The Norway used to) a native species (in the United Kingdom spruce up to the last Ice Age and it was introduced prior to 1500 again.

Swedish Christmas trees (Julgran)

Most Swedes buy their Julgran long before Christmas Eve. It is customary to take the Julgran interior decorating, and, just days before Christmas. Julgran decorated with stars,Sunbursts, snowflakes and forth from straw. Other decorations are colorful wooden animals and straw centerpieces.

Norwegian Christmas trees (Juletre)

Norwegians often take a trip into the woods, a Juletre themselves. The Juletre only in Norway in the second half of the 19th Introduced century. On Christmas Eve Juletre is usually carried out by the parents while the children wait for the site. Juletre are adorned with white lights,Tinsel, Norwegian flags and other ornaments. Children often use bright, make on colored paper, paper baskets filled with candy or nuts. Chains of colored paper are also very popular. Colored lighting is popular, but the white lights are like candles that represent them actually too.

Japanese Christmas Trees

Only about 1% of Japanese are Christians, so Christmas is not a national holiday and the end of the yearCelebration is more important than Christmas. The trees are decorated with small toys, gold paper fans and lanterns, wind chimes and small candles. A popular ornament is origami creations, with the origami swan as the most popular.

Greenland Christmas trees

To be done due to the arctic climate in Greenland Christmas trees do not grow in them, so be extradited from Denmark. Greenlanders decorate with candles and brightOrnaments.

Italian Christmas trees (Albero di Natale)

The crib (crib) is very common in Italy. The scene is often in the form of a triangle, which forms the base of a pyramid like structure called ceppo is set. This is arranged in a wooden frame to a pyramid several feet high. It is decorated with colored paper, pine cones is, and miniature colored pennants. Small candles are fastened to the tapering sides. A star or small doll hungup. The shelves above the manger have small gifts, fruit, sweets and gifts. The ceppo is in the old tree of light has been the tradition
Albero di Natale in other countries. Some houses have a small ceppo for each child in the house.

Brazilian Christmas trees (Árvore de Natal)

Christmas falls during the summer months in Brazil. Many people decorate pine trees with pieces of cotton, shall fallSnow.

Philippine Christmas Trees

Since fresh fir trees are too expensive for many Filipinos, are handmade trees often used. Filipinos often Star lanterns made of bamboo sticks, covered with colorful rice paper or cellophane, and usually feature a tassel on each point. One will be placed in any window, which the Star of Bethlehem.

Chinese Christmas trees

Only 3 to 4% of Chinese are Christians, and only a fewPeople celebrate Christmas. Of the small percentage of Chinese who celebrate Christmas, most artificial trees with paper chains, paper flowers and lanterns decorated building. Christmas trees are called "trees of light".

Saudi Arabia Christmas Trees

Christians in conservative Muslim Saudi Arabia have to celebrate Christmas privately in their homes. Christmas lights are not tolerated in the rule. Most familiesPlace their Christmas trees decorate anywhere and Size, as in their home country

Decorating the Christmas tree with Feng Shui

When decorating the Christmas tree, think about colors. Green is a calming color and a fiery red color and energetic. These colors hold the scales, and these have to be traditional Christmas concert colors. The Christmas tree is in the middle of the main room or in a slightlyleft of the main room.

A feng shui tree should have something that family and friends on the establishment of their own, something special, as part of the decoration. Decorating Christmas trees should be a common experience, which contribute to a special moment and increases the Good Energies of this solemn ritual.

Decorating Christmas tree for Geeks

No, not Greeks, geeks. A Geek Christmas tree will be proud of. It is a generally"regular use" Christmas tree, but a geek is sometimes an old PC as a base and make branches with old computer equipment. Decorations include CD's, a broken mouse or two, old USB key, the CPU out of old motherboards and other similar shiny material. The star is built on any suitable material, which will sit. Often, the stars on the window sill "taste" due to the Geek. A Star Wars geek can be a Death Star model as the star of their tree.

There are manyBreeds of geek, to be ornament characters from Star Wars, Harry Potter, World of Wars and Star Trek. Fake snow at the foot of the tree is usually left of the Styrofoam packing material.

Now that you've seen the difference in Christmas decorations, you can start, how to sell to different markets.



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