It’s a local custom that became a worldwide tradition.
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The Christmas tree tradition as we know it today has a long and varied history.
It is believed to have roots in ancient cultures, where trees were decorated as part of celebrations.
In the 1500s and 1600s, the Christmas tree became a Germanic custom, with fir trees being a popular choice.
In the 1840s, the practice of having a Christmas tree in the home became more widespread, thanks in part to the influence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who were both of German descent. The Christmas tree also gained popularity in the United States during this time due to a large influx of German immigrants. The tradition was further popularized through the mass media, such as The Illustrated London News, and the publication of Christmas cards and books like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Today, Christmas trees can be found in homes around the world and can even be spotted from satellite images of Christmas tree farms.
Check out the book where the Christmas tree illustration appeared in America: https://archive.org/details/godeysladysbook22phil/page/262/mode/2up?q=%22christmas+tree%22
Here’s a short narrative about President Roosevelt’s “banning” of Christmas trees: https://foresthistory.org/president-bans-christmas-tree/
You can actually read all of Queen Victoria’s journals online, though it requires a British IP address or academic credentials:
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28 Comments
So as you can see, it has ZERO to do with Jesus or the Bible!
Cousins..
Yeah, but where does it come from? What does it mean? Bad video 👎
Pines have leaves? (says so in the translation of Oh Tannenbaum)
Wow Mecklenburg did something notable for once, besides being the place Angela Merkel is from 😀
Just dont cut trees every year guys.
Please save environment.
Look at that, Sheldon Cooper was right 😅
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No sound credit for remake of Leontovych's "Shchedryk" or "Carol of the bells" ? 0-0.40 sec
What a boring story!
And there you go … even VOX’s minimal research shows the relatively short tradition that has roots in pagan customs and nothing to do with what’s in the Bible
We have the trees because they're just so dang cheerful. And completely non-denominational.
For about 2 years I've been wondering-WHY do we have christmas tree… Thanks for explanation!
Merry Christmas !
Fun Fact:
The hymn of Maryland is the same music from „Oh Tannenbaum“
Queen Victoria popularized the Christmas Tree, Christmas card and also wearing a white wedding dress in her wedding throughout the British Empire. The rest as they say is history.
It's around the world but not the middle east
This tradition went back way before the Romans and the Greeks
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good." — Jeremiah 10:2-5 KJV
amen
Regarding the waste of Christmas trees.
In the German countryside the used Christmas trees are getting collected by the youths in the middle of January every year and stacked in a specific place (mostly on a hill). When Eastern comes around the trees and other old branches etc. are getting stacked up to a big heap. Many people are coming together around the heap, which then gets lit up around 9pm on either Friday/Saturday or Sunday (every village has their specific day) for the Osterfeuer (easter fire) celebration. In this way they are used twice for celebrations.
The day that no one will forget it.
🌎 ….🌑🌒🌓🌔🌗🌖🌕…. 🌎
Christmas Yule is a Scandinavian tradition not German
Not everyone wanted a living Christmas tree in the 1800s and early 1900s because: 1) It was considered terribly wasteful to cut down an immature tree out in nature, and 2) Burning candles on a flammable tree were a huge fire risk indoors.
This doesn’t really emphasize that Christmas trees spread worldwide via American pop culture: songs, movies, manufactured decorations, etc.
To be fair, you can technically see everything from space.
do a video of all the american things that have taken over the world. thats weirder
As saddening its sound, it is logical and good. I think we should stop planting Christmas trees because of our current climate state. We should focus on planting more trees ,instead of cutting a full grown tree. Just imagine the amount of trees which get cut around the world….
How did Christmas trees become a thing in the Anglosphere*
Christmas trees had spread from Germany to other European countries (especially Scandinavia) before they were popularized in Britain and later America.