When did Christmas decorations become a tradition?
We decorate our homes every Christmas but when did tradition of Christmas decorations become traditional? I know that we decorate our Christmas trees because Prince Albert Queen Victoria’s Consort brought the tradition over from Germany and when did the tradition of gift giving become traditional was because St Nicholas (aka Santa Clause) left gift in people homes on the 25th December. When did the tradition of sending Christmas cards become a tradition?
A traditional German Christmas is celebrated on 24th of December and called Heiligabend or Holy Eve. German families use this day to put up their Christmas tree and share a simple family meal of frankfurter sausages and potato salad. Afterwards, they have Bescherung which is German for time for exchanging gifts. so we pretty much got our christmas tree idea from germans.
For about 30 years, Americans had to import their Christmas cards from Britain. It wasn’t until 1875 that the first Christmas cards was printed in the United States.
And the Christmas cards sent back then really didn’t mirror today’s popular cards at all. The Christmas cards of yesteryear tended to have things like flowers and faeries. It wasn’t until the later years that Christmas cards took on a “holiday theme”
A traditional German Christmas is celebrated on 24th of December and called Heiligabend or Holy Eve. German families use this day to put up their Christmas tree and share a simple family meal of frankfurter sausages and potato salad. Afterwards, they have Bescherung which is German for time for exchanging gifts. so we pretty much got our christmas tree idea from germans.
For about 30 years, Americans had to import their Christmas cards from Britain. It wasn’t until 1875 that the first Christmas cards was printed in the United States.
And the Christmas cards sent back then really didn’t mirror today’s popular cards at all. The Christmas cards of yesteryear tended to have things like flowers and faeries. It wasn’t until the later years that Christmas cards took on a “holiday theme”
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