History of Christmas Trees
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The habit of installing a Christmas tree as decorations began from Germany. Installation of Christmas trees are generally of pine, spruce or adapt the form, it began in the 16th century.
When the German population spread to various regions including the U.S., they too often put up fir evergreen tree belonging to the Christmas decorations in the house. From the existing records, the Germans in the United States Pennsylvania Christmas tree display for the first time in the 1830s.
The Christmas tree is not a necessity in the church or at home because this is just a symbol for our spiritual life is always to grow and become a wonderful witness for others "evergreen". Christmas trees (pine) are also symbolizes "eternal life", because in general, in winter nearly all the leaves fall off trees, except pine trees are always green leaves.
Installation of fir trees, both native as well as those made of plastic, in the middle of town or in public places was a familiar sight around Christmas. One of the largest tree in the RockefellerCenter on 5th Avenue New York United States.
Legend
There are several legends / stories that circulated among Christians themselves about the origins of the Christmas tree.
The experience of "supernatural" Saint Bonifacius
According to a legend, there was an Englishman named pastor of St. Boniface, who led several churches in Germany and France. One day on his way he met a group of people who would sacrifice a child to the god Thor in an oak tree. To stop their evil deeds, miraculously St. Boniface knock down the oak tree with his hand punch. After such an amazing event in place of a fallen oak tree grew a fir tree.
Martin Luther and the yew tree
Another story tells of an incident when Martin Luther, leader of the Reformation of the Church, was walking in the woods one night. Impressed with the beauty of millions of stars sparkling in the sky that its rays through the branches of pine trees in the forest, Martin Luther cut down a small fir tree and took it home to his family at home. To create a sparkling star as seen in the forest, Martin Luther put candles on each branch of the pine trees.
Controversy
Regardless of the truth of the stories above, to date installation of the Christmas tree still raises the pros and cons among Christians. For people who are not pleased with the Christmas tree, relates that in ancient times the Romans used pine for the celebration of Saturnalia, they decorated it with small ornaments and small masks, because on this date December 25th was the birthday of the sun god, Mithras, the origin of the later Iranian sun god was worshiped in Rome. Likewise, Sunday is a day to worship the god of the sun according to the meaning of the word Zondag, Sunday or Sonntag. Please also note that other sun gods, like Osiris, the Egyptian sun god, was born on December 27. Similarly, the sun god Horus and Apollo was born on December 28.
Therefore there are certain streams which forbids the church Christmas tree tradition, because they regard this as a worship of the sun god. Installation of the tree is considered a form of idolatry. Rejection reaction was even originally had stained the German government's decision to penalize anyone who put up evergreen trees as Christmas trees.
It's beginning to change, when the image of Queen Victoria of England, Prince Albert of Germany, and his children with the background of evergreen trees, illustrated in the London News. Because of the very popular Victorian figure, the loading image in the media was making a choice fir trees common as Christmas trees.
Tradition
After the U.S. society to follow the UK using spruce at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century, the industry was growing duniakita.info and penetrated into the various countries. Includes a variety of industries such as Christmas tree ornaments balls that hung, knick-knacks of Santa Claus, tinsel (sort of tufted cord that is wrapped into a tree), and others.
Because the use of evergreen trees is a European tradition, the expression of joy which is symbolized by a variety of decor is different in each country. Indonesia and the Philippines become a country that badly affected the European tradition until finally the Christians buy an artificial tree, but the essential shape of the fir.
In South Africa the presence of Christmas trees is not something common. While the people of India, preferring mango trees and banana trees.
When the German population spread to various regions including the U.S., they too often put up fir evergreen tree belonging to the Christmas decorations in the house. From the existing records, the Germans in the United States Pennsylvania Christmas tree display for the first time in the 1830s.
The Christmas tree is not a necessity in the church or at home because this is just a symbol for our spiritual life is always to grow and become a wonderful witness for others "evergreen". Christmas trees (pine) are also symbolizes "eternal life", because in general, in winter nearly all the leaves fall off trees, except pine trees are always green leaves.
Installation of fir trees, both native as well as those made of plastic, in the middle of town or in public places was a familiar sight around Christmas. One of the largest tree in the RockefellerCenter on 5th Avenue New York United States.
Legend
There are several legends / stories that circulated among Christians themselves about the origins of the Christmas tree.
The experience of "supernatural" Saint Bonifacius
According to a legend, there was an Englishman named pastor of St. Boniface, who led several churches in Germany and France. One day on his way he met a group of people who would sacrifice a child to the god Thor in an oak tree. To stop their evil deeds, miraculously St. Boniface knock down the oak tree with his hand punch. After such an amazing event in place of a fallen oak tree grew a fir tree.
Martin Luther and the yew tree
Another story tells of an incident when Martin Luther, leader of the Reformation of the Church, was walking in the woods one night. Impressed with the beauty of millions of stars sparkling in the sky that its rays through the branches of pine trees in the forest, Martin Luther cut down a small fir tree and took it home to his family at home. To create a sparkling star as seen in the forest, Martin Luther put candles on each branch of the pine trees.
Controversy
Regardless of the truth of the stories above, to date installation of the Christmas tree still raises the pros and cons among Christians. For people who are not pleased with the Christmas tree, relates that in ancient times the Romans used pine for the celebration of Saturnalia, they decorated it with small ornaments and small masks, because on this date December 25th was the birthday of the sun god, Mithras, the origin of the later Iranian sun god was worshiped in Rome. Likewise, Sunday is a day to worship the god of the sun according to the meaning of the word Zondag, Sunday or Sonntag. Please also note that other sun gods, like Osiris, the Egyptian sun god, was born on December 27. Similarly, the sun god Horus and Apollo was born on December 28.
Therefore there are certain streams which forbids the church Christmas tree tradition, because they regard this as a worship of the sun god. Installation of the tree is considered a form of idolatry. Rejection reaction was even originally had stained the German government's decision to penalize anyone who put up evergreen trees as Christmas trees.
It's beginning to change, when the image of Queen Victoria of England, Prince Albert of Germany, and his children with the background of evergreen trees, illustrated in the London News. Because of the very popular Victorian figure, the loading image in the media was making a choice fir trees common as Christmas trees.
Tradition
After the U.S. society to follow the UK using spruce at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century, the industry was growing duniakita.info and penetrated into the various countries. Includes a variety of industries such as Christmas tree ornaments balls that hung, knick-knacks of Santa Claus, tinsel (sort of tufted cord that is wrapped into a tree), and others.
Because the use of evergreen trees is a European tradition, the expression of joy which is symbolized by a variety of decor is different in each country. Indonesia and the Philippines become a country that badly affected the European tradition until finally the Christians buy an artificial tree, but the essential shape of the fir.
In South Africa the presence of Christmas trees is not something common. While the people of India, preferring mango trees and banana trees.
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