O Christmas Tree - Oh Tannenbaum

the chronological history of the christmas tree

do we have a decorated christmas tree? in the 7th century a monk from

legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the fir tree to

converted people began to revere the fir tree as god's tree

the first decorated tree was at riga in latvia

tree

food and more practical things such as a knife grinder to sharpen the

knife to carve the christmas goose

gingerbreads and wax ornaments

from a german christmas magazine

in nearly every german village and town

it is a made of coniferous wood

on the bottom be found the

regina susanna harßdörfferin from the virgin

he records a tree decorated

barleysugar and paper flowers of all colours

biblically symbolic of the paradise tree in the garden of eden

food items were symbols of plenty

tinsel was invented in germany around at that time real silver

the strips

the christmas tree first came to england

not fond of the german monarchy

which is why the christmas tree did not establish in britain at that

from the influence of their german neighbours than from the royal court

the table under the tree

the victorian and a ert tree

standing

the queen's christmas tree at windsor castle published in the illustrated london news

republished in godey's lady's book

previous royal family

christmas tree had arrived

decorations were still of a 'home-made' variety. young ladies spent

mid-victorian tree

began to produce fancy shaped bead garlands

the 1860's tree had become more innovative than the delicate

tree

triangle platform tree called as 'ceppo

the german tree was beginning to suffer from mass destruction! it had

become the fashion to lop off the tip off a tree

christmas tree

were made to prevent people having more than one tree

german settlements had community trees as early as

customs began to spread. thus references to decorated trees in america

on the tree

american patents

the american tree

the german hessian soldiers took their tree customs in the 18th century

in texas

copied the court tree

general stores were hunting grounds

rolls of cotton batting

christmas c was a popular feature under the tree

especially in the moravian dutch communities which settled in

choosing the christmas tree

father and son venture out into the wintry woods to choose a christmas tree

franz kruger painted this festive scene in the first half of the 19th century

german artist who was born in dessau in 1797

tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout

christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them

candles if wood was scarce. it is a widely held belief that martin luther

first added lighted candles to a

tree. walking toward his home one winter evening

he erected a tree in the main room

the tree was adopted so late in america

german and irish immigrants undermined the puritan legacy

christmas tree popularity was on the rise around the u.s. it was noted

that europeans used trees four feet in height

the custom became popular among the nobility and spread to royal courts as far as russia and austria

the royal family. queen victoria as a child was familiar

custom and a tree was placed in her room every christmas. in her journal

after dinner… we then went into the drawing-room near the dining-room…

there were two round tables on which were placed two trees hung

what we felt and thought; and their delight in the christmas-tree is not less than ours used to be

tree was lit in

aging countess who told the story of the first danish christmas tree

he had published a fairy-tale called the fir tree in 1844

dancing round the candlelit tree

around a beautifully decked out christmas tree lit by d ens of

but it had not yet spread to rural areas

wax candles

along the lower rhine

christmas tree was largely regarded as a protestant custom

the christmas tree was taken to be an expression of german culture and of gemütlichkeit

under the christmas tree" at wallsee

decisive factor in winning general popularity was the german army's

the german christmas tree"

simple" christmas tree

made by german soldiers in afghanistan in

back to the 'past

the tree was traditionally decorated

nuts

star may be placed at the top of the tree

the star of bethlehem from the nativity

an artistic "21th century" christmas tree by kymberley fraser

st. boniface story

hy

crediton

to teach the word of god. he did

many works there

an area which

was to become the cradle of the christmas decoration industry

describe the holy trinity of god the father

previously revered the oak. by the 12th century it was being hung

upside-down

symbol of christianity

in the early

th century

the night

in the mid 16th century

to provide everything from christmas presents

at these fairs

fair

take home to hang on their christmas trees

eine weihnachtszeitung für

the christmas market

by franz skarbina

in

bustling christmas market on a and wintry day in berlin

this christmas-markets are still taking place

like the nürnberger christkindlesmarkt

germany's most famous christmas market

despite intense investigations carried out by several historians

people interested in local history

the origins of the nürnberger

christkindlesmarkt are unknown

the oldest of evidence relating to

susanna eleonora erbsin

sent to the kindles-marck in

the is currently in the possession of the germanic national museum in nuremberg

read more here

the best record we have is that of a visitor to strasbourg in

the early trees were

the many

illustration by max von schenkendorf

tinsel

was used

quickly

its own weight so was not so practical. so silver was used

right up to the mid-20th century

the first trees

came from germany

at this time also

decorated their homes

the british public were

time. a few families did have christmas trees however

the decorations were tinsels

beads. all these had been manufactured in germany and east europe since

the 17th century. the custom was to have several trees on tables

in 1846

a ert

they were

unlike the

what was done at court immediately became fashionable - not only in

britain

the

hours at christmas crafts

bead decorations

together

candles

were often placed into wooden hoops

in the 1850's lauscha

these were readily available in germany but not produced in sufficient

quantities to export to britain. the rauschgoldengel was a common sight

literally

markets

trees of earlier decades

toys were popularly hung on the

branches

illustration

around this time

europe. the mediterranean countries were not too interested in the

this had a creche scene as

as decorations

to use as a

statutes

just as the first trees introduced into britain did not immediately

take off

by the hessian

soldiers were not recorded in any particular quantity

the pennsylvanian

america being so

to the immigrants who had settled in a particular area

until the communications really got going in the 19th century

before the middle of the 19th century are very rare

by the 1870's

lauscha

home-made things were seen

the empire was growing

topper was the nation's flag

flags of the allied countries. trees got very patriotic

they were imported into america around 1880

through stores such as fw woolworth. they were quickly followed by

hanging of decorations onto the trees

in america

century

customs

settlers from all over europe took their customs also in the 19th

century. decorations were not easy to find in the shanty towns of the

west

create lights and lanterns to hold candles which could shine through

the holes. decorations of all kinds were cutout

brought in from the eastern states

pennsylvania

by f. kruger

kruger was a

better known

aristocracy

kruger was

genre painter

as we see here

holiday scene

germany is credited

christians brought decorated trees into their homes. some built

the 16th-century protestant reformer

he

was awed by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. to

recapture the scene

wired its branches

it is not surprising that

to the new england puritans

christmas was sacred. the pilgrims's second governor

wrote that he tried to stamp out "pagan mockery" of the

observance

preached against "the heathen traditions" of christmas carols

trees

in 1659

enacted a law making any observance of december

service) a penal offense; people were fined

that stern solemnity continued until the 19th century

by the 1890s christmas ornaments were arriving from germany

americans liked their christmas trees to reach from floor to ceiling

in the early 19th century

in france

in britain

personal union

mecklenburg-strelitz

in the early 19th century

trees…

i must now seek in the children an echo of what ernest and i were in the old time

read here

in denmark a danish newspaper claims that the first attested christmas

by countess wilhemine of holsteinborg. it was the

to

the danish writer hans christian andersen in

glade jul' by viggo johansen

dancing

twinkling candles

having a lot of fun. painted in 1891

joyful family scene

that gives us a glimpse into family life at the end

the nineteenth century

viggo johansen

was a danish artist who painted

group who

met each year in the north of jutland. viggo exhibited in paris from

and he was greatly influenced by the work of the impressionists

particularly that of claude monet. this influence is very apparent in

much of his work from this period

germany - 18th to early 20th centuries

by the early 18th century

at the time

as a result

it remained confined to the upper rhineland

period of time. the custom did eventually gain wider acceptance

beginning around 1815

in the 19th century

especially among emigrants overseas

newspaper illustration

decision to place christmas trees in its barracks

military

hospitals during the war. only at the start of the

th

century did christmas trees appear inside churches

brightly lit form

in a field hospital in versailles after the franco-prussian war

in the 18th century

hedwig mechle-grosmann

here