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Victorian Christmas Tree decoration |
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Christmas Tree, without doubt is an integral part of Christmas celebrations. Christmas is the time when the view from the frosted windows is heavenly. With the snow laden winds let's travel to the grand Victorian era. Enter a Victorian drawing room and you will see bright lights hanging from boughs, garlands on the mantle and golden antiquities everywhere in the room. It is the era of scents of cinnamon, hemlock, pine, fir, apple and cranberry. Christmas is pronounced with splendor. Victorian Christmas Tree decoration is another constituent of Victorian Christmas.Victorians revived many old and colorful traditions which today make our Christmas more enjoyable. It was the Victorians who promoted gift-giving, church-going and charity to the poor as vital parts of Christmas celebrations.
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The Victorians transformed Santa Claus and Father Christmas from folk figures to holiday symbols. The Victorian people made the traditional Christmas Tree of Germany popular.
To the Victorians Christmas is a family celebration, a time for gift exchange, multi-course dinner with family, Church service attendance and more.
The Christmas Tree of Germany arrived to England with King George I, great-great-grandfather of Queen Victoria. Christmas Tree became popular in England. Victorian Christmas Tree was exceptional because of its elaborate decoration. Different kinds of trinkets, berries, nuts, dried fruits, pine cones, wind-up toys, whistles, tin soldiers, paper fans, cotton-batting Santas, fruit, cookies, hard candies, marzipan candies and gingerbread men are some of the popular Victorian Christmas Tree decorations.
Victorian Christmas Trees were decorated with hand dipped candles, hand stitched dolls and other things. Often children decorated the Christmas Tree with popcorn garlands, paper flower chains and cranberries. Outdoor or nativity scene under the tree was created by making ponds of mirrors and grass of moss.
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Afterwards decorations of Victorian Christmas Trees included glass globes, glass icicles, gold and silver embossed ornaments in shapes of fish, moon, ships, fish, flowers, animals, automobiles and trolley cars.
Victorian Christmas Tree was a symbol of the grandeur of that grand era.
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