Well its Christmas time and so I have to blog about one of the most known symbols the Christmas tree. I went on to Google to find out what I could and boy there’s a lot more to the Christmas tree than you would think. Apparently the Christmas tree all started when a monk from Crediton, Devonshire went to Germany to teach the people about God. He used the symbol of the triangular fir tree to represent the holy trinity. The tree was then revered as a religious symbol among those people however they did not decorate them the tree itself was considered a symbol of Christianity in general and not Christmas in particular. In the 16th century Martin Luther decorated the Christmas tree with candles. By the mid 16th century German Christmas markets were selling everything from knife sharpeners and wax ornaments to hang on your Christmas tree. The Christmas tree started in Germany and then spread to England in the late 1700s. Finally the Christmas tree was brought to America by German immigrants in the 18th century and the slightly different England version of the tree was brought over by the British in the 19th century. Thus your humble Christmas Tree has had a long journey to become what it is today.
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