Where Did American Christmas Traditions Come From?

Author: Admin | Filed under: Christmas History Thursday Nov 20,2008

In order to fully understand why, as American’s, we perform different tasks throughout the celebration of Christmas, it is important to know where exactly each tradition originally came from.

It may be interesting to note that many Christmas traditions we perform during the holiday did not originate in America at all. Remember, when America was just an infant itself, it was comprised of many different peoples from many different countries. And these people had their own “homeland” traditions that they carried right along with them.

Do you wonder where the history and traditions of thing like the Christmas tree came from?  How about the Yule Log and Christmas caroling?  Maybe you’d be interested in what started the tradition of gift giving and about Santa Claus…

You can find out the history and traditons al all of these and much more HERE!  Go ahead, you know you want to know!

History of the Christmas Tree

Author: Admin | Filed under: Christmas History, Christmas Tree Saturday Dec 1,2007

Why do we decorate the Christmas tree? The habit is probably inherited from the Egyptians that used to decorate their houses with palm tree leaves in the day of the astrological winter. The habit was taken by the Romans that used instead of palm trees the conifers.

But the story really begins around the 7th century when a monk from Devonshire came to Germany to teach the word of the Lord. Legend says that he used the triangular form of the Christmas tree to symbolize religious meanings. In the Europe of the 12th century, on Christmas day, the Christmas tree was installed upside down, hanging down from the ceiling!

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