Most of us will agree that it is impossible to create a New Year festive mood without a Christmas tree. It is believed that the custom of decorating a Christmas tree has spread across the world from Germany. The tradition began in 1513 by the German theologian Martin Luther. On Christmas Eve he was returning home along a forest path and fixed his eyes on the night sky. Luther admired the beauty of the stars so much that it seemed to him as if stars were sparkling on the top of fir-trees. Thus he put a small fir-tree on the table and decorated it with candles and put a star on the top in memory of the star of Bethlehem that pointed the way to the cave where Jesus was born.
In the 18th-19th centuries fir-trees started to be decorated not only throughout Germany, but also in England, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Denmark and America, 7days.ru reports. At first it was decorated by candles, fruits and sweets. Later toys made of wax, cotton wool, cardboard and glass became fashionable.
As for fashion trends of 2016, this year Christmas trees should shine and sparkle as much as possible. The most successful combinations of colors in the coming year will be red and yellow, brown and gold, red and white, green, yellow and red.
This year decoration of the festive tree by handmade toys is in fashion. You can both sew or knit Christmas toys. One can also cook them. It will make your fir-tree not only beautiful but tasty as well. We should not forget about the traditional method of decorating a Christmas tree - of dried fruits, shells, cones.
The culmination of the Christmas tree is always a decoration of the top. The most popular decoration is the standard red star or even with an angel. If you want luck to come to your house you should choose the symbol of the coming year for decorating the top of the Christmas tree – a monkey.
