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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Advent_Wreath_%28Broadway_United_Methodist_Church%29.jpg/440px-Advent_Wreath_%28Broadway_United_Methodist_Church%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>On Christmas Day, the Christ Candle in the center of the <a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a> is traditionally lit in many <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">church services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_dinner" title="Christmas dinner">Christmas dinners</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg/220px-Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg/330px-Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg/440px-Neve_a_Verona_17.01.2006_033.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights" title="Christmas lights">Christmas lights</a> in <a href="/wiki/Verona" title="Verona">Verona</a>, Italy</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg/220px-Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg/330px-Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg/440px-Lindenallee-weissenbach-triesting-weihnachten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Christmas decoration in front of <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herz-Jesu-Kirche_(Weissenbach_an_der_Triesting)" class="extiw" title="de:Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Weissenbach an der Triesting)">The church in Weissenbach an der Triesting</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/220px--Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="391" data-durationhint="9" data-mwtitle="Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="270" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="406" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="608" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="1080" data-height="1920" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="82" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="136" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg/Christmas_Angel_Animated.ogg.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>An animated Christmas angel from the late 20th century.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home,_Europe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg/220px-Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg/330px-Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg/440px-Christmas_decorations_in_a_private_home%2C_Europe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Christmas decorations in a private home, Europe.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>Christmas decoration</b> is any of several types of ornamentation used at <a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a> and the greater <a href="/wiki/Holiday_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Holiday season">holiday season</a>. The traditional colors of Christmas are <a href="/wiki/Pine" title="Pine">pine</a> green (<a href="/wiki/Evergreen" title="Evergreen">evergreen</a>), snow white, and heart red. Gold and silver are also prevalent, as are other <a href="/wiki/Metallic_colour" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic colour">metallic colours</a>. Typical images on Christmas decorations include <a href="/wiki/Baby_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby Jesus">Baby Jesus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mother Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angels_in_Christianity" title="Angels in Christianity">angels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">star of Bethlehem</a>. <a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreaths</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">nativity scenes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illumination_(decoration)" title="Illumination (decoration)">illuminations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Moravian_star" title="Moravian star">Moravian stars</a> are popular Christmas decorations.<sup id="cite_ref-Moravian2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moravian2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many countries, such as <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, people start to set up their Advent and Christmas decorations on the <a href="/wiki/Advent_Sunday" title="Advent Sunday">first day</a> of <a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Michelin2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michelin2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">Liturgically</a>, this is done in some <a href="/wiki/Parish_church" title="Parish church">parishes</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Hanging_of_the_Greens" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanging of the Greens">Hanging of the Greens</a> ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-RiceHuffstutler2001_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiceHuffstutler2001-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Western Christian world, the two traditional days when Christmas decorations are removed are <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a> and if they are not taken down on that day, <a href="/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Candlemas</a>, the latter of which ends the <a href="/wiki/Epiphanytide" class="mw-redirect" title="Epiphanytide">Christmas-Epiphany season</a> in some <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">denominations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking down Christmas decorations before Twelfth Night, as well as leaving the decorations up beyond Candlemas, is historically considered to be inauspicious.<sup id="cite_ref-Raedisch2013_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raedisch2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McGregor2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGregor2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christmas decorations are mentioned in ancient descriptions of the Roman feast <a href="/wiki/Saturnalia" title="Saturnalia">Saturnalia</a>, which was believed to have originated in the 5th century BC. </p><p>The tradition of decorating a tree is old since the <a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celts</a> already decorated a <a href="/wiki/Tree" title="Tree">tree</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> of life at the time of the winter solstice.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Scandinavians" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavians">Scandinavians</a> did the same for the <a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule festival</a>, which was held around the same date as Christmas. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tertullian" title="Tertullian">Tertullian</a> complained to the 2nd century that Christians in <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> decorated their homes with greenery, a pagan symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tree">Tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas tree</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Chrismon_tree" title="Chrismon tree">Chrismon tree</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg/220px-User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="370" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg/330px-User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg/440px-User_Zink_Dawg_2009_Christmas_Tree.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="958" /></a><figcaption>A Christmas tree inside a home.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas tree</a> was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg_Cathedral" title="Strasbourg Cathedral">Cathedral of Strassburg</a> in 1539, under the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformers" title="Protestant Reformers">Protestant Reformer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bucer" title="Martin Bucer">Martin Bucer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Senn2012_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Senn2012-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, these "German Lutherans brought the decorated Christmas tree with them; the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravians</a> put lighted candles on those trees."<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly2010_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly2010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blainey2013_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blainey2013-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Christmas_decorations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas decorations">decorating</a> the Christmas tree, many individuals place a star at the top of the tree symbolizing the <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a>, a fact recorded by <i>The School Journal</i> in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-Mandryk2005_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandryk2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Professor David Albert Jones of <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> writes that in the 19th century, it became popular for people also to use an angel to top the Christmas tree to symbolize the angels mentioned in the accounts of the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones2011_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones2011-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In discussions of folklore, some claim that the Christmas tree is a Christianization of <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> tradition and ritual surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a>, which included the use of <a href="/wiki/Evergreen" title="Evergreen">evergreen</a> boughs, and an adaptation of pagan <a href="/wiki/Tree_worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree worship">tree worship</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Shaman_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to eighth-century biographer <a href="/wiki/%C3%86ddi_Stephanus" class="mw-redirect" title="Æddi Stephanus">Æddi Stephanus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Boniface" title="Saint Boniface">Saint Boniface</a> (634–709), who was a missionary in Germany, took an axe to an oak tree dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a> and pointed out a <a href="/wiki/Fir_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Fir tree">fir tree</a>, which he stated was a more fitting object of reverence because it pointed to <a href="/wiki/Heaven_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heaven (Christianity)">heaven</a>; it had a triangular shape, which he said was symbolic of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the English-language phrase "Christmas tree" is first recorded in 1835<sup id="cite_ref-Harper_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and represents an importation from the German language.<sup id="cite_ref-Christmas_Archives_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christmas_Archives-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Germany the custom was introduced to England via two German-born royal consorts, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Charlotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Charlotte">Queen Charlotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert, Prince Consort">Prince Albert</a>. The influential 1840s image of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree#18th_and_19th_centuries" title="Christmas tree">decorated evergreen</a> was republished in the United States. As the first widely circulated picture of a decorated Christmas tree in America, the custom there spread.<sup id="cite_ref-AFP_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christmas trees may be decorated with <a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights_(holiday_decoration)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas lights (holiday decoration)">lights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornaments" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas ornaments">ornaments</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Types_of_decorations">Types of decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Types of decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Glass_ornaments">Glass ornaments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Glass ornaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Figural glass <a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornaments" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas ornaments">Christmas ornaments</a> originated in the small town of <a href="/wiki/Lauscha" title="Lauscha">Lauscha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in the latter half of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-M43_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M43-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town had long produced fine glassware. The production of Christmas ornaments became a family affair for many people. Some families invested 16 hours a day in production. For some, it was their sole source of income. </p><p>Sometimes, competitions were held. Prizes were awarded to the family, producing the finest examples. Santa Clauses, angels, birds, animals, and other traditional <a href="/wiki/Yuletide" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuletide">Yuletide</a> subjects were favorites. </p><p>F.W. Woolworth discovered these glass ornaments on a toy and doll-buying trip to <a href="/wiki/Sonnenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonnenburg">Sonnenburg</a>, Germany, in the 1890s. He sold them in his "five and ten cent" stores in America. The ornaments were said to have contributed to Woolworth's business success.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the American market, figures depicting comic book characters and patriotic subjects such as Uncle Sams, eagles, and flags were blown. Glassblowers have held on to the old molds. Glass ornaments are still created from these old molds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Method">Method</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Method"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A clear glass tube is heated over an open flame. It is then inserted into a mold. The glassblower then blows into the end of the tube. The glass expands to fill the mold. The glass takes on the shape of the mold. It is cooled. A silver nitrate solution is swirled about inside the ornament. This gives the ornament a silver glow. The outside of the ornament is painted or decorated with metal trims, paper clippings, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-M43_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M43-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cotton_batting">Cotton batting</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cotton batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotton batting Christmas ornaments were popular during the German Christmas toy and decoration boom at the turn of the century. They were exported in large numbers to the United States. These decorations suggested puffs of snow. Fruits and vegetables were popular subjects and often had a realistic appearance. African-American and patriotic characters were fashioned for the American market. Some ornaments were used to hide boxes of <a href="/wiki/Candy" title="Candy">candy</a>. </p><p>Assembling these decorations was a cottage industry. Cotton batting was wound around a wire frame resembling a human or animal. A face was painted, or a lithograph cut-out was affixed to the batting. Figures were given crepe paper costumes. Some were touched with glue and sprinkled with mica flakes for a glittering appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dresden">Dresden</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dresden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dresdens are three-dimensional ornaments. They are made of paper, card, or cardboard. Dresdens were produced mostly in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, Germany, from the 1860s to <a href="/wiki/WWI" class="mw-redirect" title="WWI">WWI</a>. They were originally priced between 1 and 60 cents. Subjects included animals and birds, suns and moons, humans, carriages and ships, etc. Some Dresdens were flat, allowing the buyer to collect them in scrapbooks. </p><p>Positive and negative molds were set into a press. A moistened sheet of card was put into the press. The images were pressed. When they had dried, they were sent to cottage workers for the finishing touches. This involved separating the form-halves from the card, trimming ragged edges, and gluing the two halves together. The form was then gilded, silvered, or hand-painted. Sometimes, a small gift or sweet was put into the form. Forms were usually no larger than five inches.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plants">Plants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Plants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG/120px-Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG/180px-Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG/240px-Mistletoe_Kilwinning.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Mistletoe" title="Mistletoe">Mistletoe</a></div></figcaption></figure><p> Popular Christmas plants include <a href="/wiki/Holly" title="Holly">holly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mistletoe" title="Mistletoe">mistletoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivy">ivy</a> and Christmas trees. The interior of a home may be decorated with these plants, along with <a href="/wiki/Garland_(decoration)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garland (decoration)">garlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evergreen" title="Evergreen">evergreen</a> foliage. These often come with small ornaments tied to the delicate branches and sometimes with a small light set. </p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilex-aquifolium_(Europaeische_Stechpalme-1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg/220px-Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg/330px-Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg/440px-Ilex-aquifolium_%28Europaeische_Stechpalme-1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/European_Holly" class="mw-redirect" title="European Holly">European Holly</a>, traditional Christmas decoration.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Wreath" title="Wreath">Wreaths</a> are made from real or artificial <a href="/wiki/Conifer" title="Conifer">conifer</a> branches, or sometimes other <a href="/wiki/Broad-leaved_tree" title="Broad-leaved tree">broadleaf</a> evergreens or <a href="/wiki/Holly" title="Holly">holly</a>. Several types of evergreen or even <a href="/wiki/Deciduous" title="Deciduous">deciduous</a> <a href="/wiki/Branch" title="Branch">branches</a> may be used in the same wreath, along with <a href="/wiki/Pinecone" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinecone">pinecones</a> and sprays of <a href="/wiki/Berries" class="mw-redirect" title="Berries">berries</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornament" title="Christmas ornament">Christmas ornaments</a> including <a href="/wiki/Jingle_bell" title="Jingle bell">jingle bells</a>. A bow is usually used at the top or bottom, and an electric or unlit candle may be placed in the middle. Christmas lights are often used, and they may be hung from doors or windows, and sometimes walls, lampposts, light fixtures, or even statuary. </p><p>Since the nineteenth century, the <a href="/wiki/Poinsettia" title="Poinsettia">poinsettia</a>, a native plant from <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, has been associated with Christmas </p><p>Different places also have different traditions and <a href="/wiki/Superstitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Superstitions">superstitions</a> about when and how to remove Christmas decorations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in some parts of England, people believed that if Christmas greenery were thrown away instead of being burned, a ghost would appear, but in other parts, they believed that if the greenery were burned instead of being thrown away, a family member would die.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outdoors">Outdoors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Outdoors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg/220px-Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg/330px-Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg/440px-Jeffreys_Bay-Christmas_House-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>A house decorated for Christmas</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_in_Dublin,_CA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg/220px-Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg/330px-Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg/440px-Christmas_in_Dublin%2C_CA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Christmas decoration of a house in <a href="/wiki/Dublin,_California" title="Dublin, California">Dublin, California</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, Australia, and Europe, it is traditional to decorate the outside of houses with lights and sometimes with illuminated <a href="/wiki/Sled" title="Sled">sleighs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snowmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowmen">snowmen</a>, and other Christmas figures. Municipalities often sponsor decorations as well. Christmas banners may be hung from <a href="/wiki/Street_light" title="Street light">street lights</a> and Christmas trees placed in the <a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">town square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Others">Others</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, rolls of brightly colored paper with secular or religious Christmas/winter/Hanukkah motifs are manufactured for <a href="/wiki/Giftwrap" class="mw-redirect" title="Giftwrap">giftwrapping</a> <a href="/wiki/Gift" title="Gift">presents</a>. The display of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_village" title="Christmas village">Christmas villages</a> has also become a tradition in many homes this season. Other traditional decorations include <a href="/wiki/Bell_(instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell (instrument)">bells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">reindeer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candles" class="mw-redirect" title="Candles">candles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candy_canes" class="mw-redirect" title="Candy canes">candy canes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garland" title="Garland">garland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">stockings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wreaths" class="mw-redirect" title="Wreaths">wreaths</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snow_globes" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow globes">snow globes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="Angels">angels</a>. <a href="/wiki/Quilt_batting" class="mw-redirect" title="Quilt batting">Snow sheets</a> are made specifically for simulating <a href="/wiki/Snow" title="Snow">snow</a> under a tree or village. </p><p>In many countries, a representation of the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a> is prevalent, and people are encouraged to compete and create the most original or realistic ones. Within some families, the pieces used to make the representation are considered a valuable family <a href="/wiki/Heirloom" title="Heirloom">heirloom</a>. Some <a href="/wiki/Church_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Church body">churches</a> also perform a live Nativity with <a href="/wiki/Volunteering" title="Volunteering">volunteers</a> and even live <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animals</a>. </p><p>Among the most popular items of Christmas decorations are stockings. According to legend, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Saint Nicolas</a> would creep in through the chimney and slip gold into stockings hanging by the fireplace. Various forms of stockings are available, from simple velvet ones to sock-shaped bags to animated ones. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season">Season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_decoration&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31,_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg/220px-A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg/330px-A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg/440px-A_Dapitan_tiangge_stall_sells_Santa_Claus_figurines_and_other_Christmas_decorations_ahead_of_the_%27ber_months%27_in_Quezon_City_on_August_31%2C_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3498" data-file-height="2623" /></a><figcaption>Santa Claus figurines and other Christmas decorations sold in <a href="/wiki/Quezon_City" title="Quezon City">Quezon City</a>, Philippines ahead of the "ber" months on August 31, 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Christmas decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of <a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a>. In the UK, Christmas lights on the high street are generally switched on in November.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the US, the traditional start of the holiday season is <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanksgiving (US)">Thanksgiving</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Major retailers put their seasonal decorations out for sale after back-to-school sales, while smaller niche Christmas Stores sell Christmas decorations year round.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png/150px-Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png/225px-Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png/300px-Christmas_Tree_Bear_Decoration.png 2x" data-file-width="1685" data-file-height="1863" /></a><figcaption>A Christmas tree ornament.</figcaption></figure> <p>In some places, Christmas decorations are traditionally taken down on <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a>, the evening of January 5 or January 6. The difference in this date is that some count Christmas Day as the first day of Christmas, whereas for others, Christmas Day is a feast day in its own right, and the first full day of the Christmas Season is December 26. In <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> and other cultures, this is more like <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a>, as the <a href="/wiki/Three_Wise_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Wise Men">Three Wise Men</a> bring gifts that night. Therefore, decorations are left up longer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The same is true<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Churches</a> which often observe Christmas according to the <a href="/wiki/Julian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian Calendar">Julian Calendar</a>, thus making it fall 13 days later. </p><p>In England, it was customary to burn the decorations in the hearth. However, this tradition has fallen out of favour as reusable and imperishable decorations made of <a href="/wiki/Plastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Plastics">plastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glass" title="Glass">glass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metal" title="Metal">metal</a> became more popular. If a <a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a> has been kept alight since Christmas Day, it is put out, and the ashes are kept to be included in the fire on the following Christmas Day.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A superstition exists which suggests that if decorations are kept up after Twelfth Night, they must be kept up until the following Twelfth Night, but also that if the decorations for the current Christmas are taken down before the New Year begins, bad luck shall befall the house for a whole year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, many stores immediately remove decorations the day after Christmas, as some think of the holiday season as being over once Christmas has passed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A vast majority of Americans who put up home decorations keep them out and lit until at least New Year's Day, and inside decorations can often be seen in windows for several weeks afterward. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christmas ornaments hanging on a Christmas Tree"><img alt="Christmas ornaments hanging on a Christmas Tree" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg/120px-Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg/180px-Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg/240px-Christmas_Ornaments_on_Tree.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornaments" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas ornaments">Christmas ornaments</a> hanging on a <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas Tree</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre,_Australia,_2020,_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christmas decorations at the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Australia, 2020"><img alt="Christmas decorations at the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Australia, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg/120px-Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg/180px-Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg/240px-Christmas_decorations_at_the_Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre%2C_Australia%2C_2020%2C_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3955" data-file-height="2966" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Christmas decorations at the <a href="/wiki/Indooroopilly_Shopping_Centre" title="Indooroopilly Shopping Centre">Indooroopilly Shopping Centre</a>, Australia, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christmas wreath"><img alt="Christmas wreath" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg/120px-Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg/180px-Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg/240px-Merry_Christmas_00197.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3255" data-file-height="2514" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_wreath" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas wreath">Christmas wreath</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.moravian.org/2018/11/the-putz-and-illumination/">"The Putz and Illumination"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a>. November 19, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 3,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Putz+and+Illumination&rft.pub=Moravian+Church&rft.date=2018-11-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moravian.org%2F2018%2F11%2Fthe-putz-and-illumination%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Michelin2012-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Michelin2012_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichelin2012" class="citation book cs1">Michelin (October 10, 2012). <i>Germany Green Guide Michelin 2012–2013</i>. Michelin. p. 73. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782067182110" title="Special:BookSources/9782067182110"><bdi>9782067182110</bdi></a>. <q>Advent – The four weeks before Christmas are celebrated by counting down the days with an advent calendar, hanging up Christmas decorations and lightning an additional candle every Sunday on the four-candle advent wreath.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Germany+Green+Guide+Michelin+2012%E2%80%932013&rft.pages=73&rft.pub=Michelin&rft.date=2012-10-10&rft.isbn=9782067182110&rft.au=Michelin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RiceHuffstutler2001-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RiceHuffstutler2001_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiceHuffstutler2001" class="citation book cs1">Rice, Howard L.; Huffstutler, James C. (January 1, 2001). <i>Reformed Worship</i>. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 197. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-50147-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-50147-1"><bdi>978-0-664-50147-1</bdi></a>. <q>Another popular activity is the "Hanging of the Greens," a service in which the sanctuary is decorated for Christmas.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reformed+Worship&rft.pages=197&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2001-01-01&rft.isbn=978-0-664-50147-1&rft.aulast=Rice&rft.aufirst=Howard+L.&rft.au=Huffstutler%2C+James+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/candlemas.shtml">"Candlemas"</a>. British Broadcasting Corporation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 9,</span> 2014</span>. <q>Any Christmas decorations not taken down by Twelfth Night (January 5th) should be left up until Candlemas Day and then taken down.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Candlemas&rft.pub=British+Broadcasting+Corporation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Freligion%2Freligions%2Fchristianity%2Fholydays%2Fcandlemas.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Raedisch2013-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Raedisch2013_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaedisch2013" class="citation book cs1">Raedisch, Linda (October 1, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kcirAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT161"><i>The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year</i></a>. Llewellyn Publications. p. 161. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7387-3450-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7387-3450-7"><bdi>978-0-7387-3450-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 9,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Old+Magic+of+Christmas%3A+Yuletide+Traditions+for+the+Darkest+Days+of+the+Year&rft.pages=161&rft.pub=Llewellyn+Publications&rft.date=2013-10-01&rft.isbn=978-0-7387-3450-7&rft.aulast=Raedisch&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkcirAAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT161&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McGregor2023-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McGregor2023_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcGregor2023" class="citation web cs1">McGregor, Kate (November 30, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aol.com/bad-luck-tree-down-january-005700497.html">"It's Bad Luck To Take Your Tree Down Before January 6"</a>. <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a>. <q>According to the tradition of the 12 days of Christmas (explained above), January 6 is the earliest you should be taking down your Christmas tree. According to the legend, bad luck will befall those who stop the Christmas cheer any earlier.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=It%27s+Bad+Luck+To+Take+Your+Tree+Down+Before+January+6&rft.pub=AOL&rft.date=2023-11-30&rft.aulast=McGregor&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2Fbad-luck-tree-down-january-005700497.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.treffpunktboulevard.ch">/ FR / cadre_repertoire / social / Reflexion / Noel / noel_origines.html The millennial cult of the sun</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europe1.fr/MediaCenter/Emissions/">Cafe-discoveries / Sons / Le-Pere-Noel-est-il-une-junk-350601 / Is Santa Claus a junk?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130601142333/http://www.europe1.fr/MediaCenter/Emissions/">Archived</a> June 1, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Broadcast from <a href="/wiki/Europe_1" title="Europe 1">Europe 1</a>, December 24, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Senn2012-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Senn2012_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSenn2012" class="citation book cs1">Senn, Frank C. (2012). <i>Introduction to Christian Liturgy</i>. Fortress Press. p. 118. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781451424331" title="Special:BookSources/9781451424331"><bdi>9781451424331</bdi></a>. <q>The Christmas tree as we know it seemed to emerge in Lutheran lands in Germany in the sixteenth century. Although no specific city or town has been identified as the first to have a Christmas tree, records for the Cathedral of Strassburg indicate that a Christmas tree was set up in that church in 1539 during Martin Bucer's superintendency.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Introduction+to+Christian+Liturgy&rft.pages=118&rft.pub=Fortress+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781451424331&rft.aulast=Senn&rft.aufirst=Frank+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">"The Christmas Tree". <i>Lutheran Spokesman</i>. 29–32. 1936. <q>The Christmas tree became a widespread custom among German Lutherans by the eighteenth century.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Lutheran+Spokesman&rft.atitle=The+Christmas+Tree&rft.volume=29%E2%80%9332&rft.date=1936&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kelly2010-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kelly2010_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKelly2010" class="citation book cs1">Kelly, Joseph F. (2010). <i>The Feast of Christmas</i>. Liturgical Press. p. 94. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780814639320" title="Special:BookSources/9780814639320"><bdi>9780814639320</bdi></a>. <q>German Lutherans brought the decorated Christmas tree with them; the Moravians put lighted candles on those trees.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Feast+of+Christmas&rft.pages=94&rft.pub=Liturgical+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780814639320&rft.aulast=Kelly&rft.aufirst=Joseph+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blainey2013-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Blainey2013_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlainey2013" class="citation book cs1">Blainey, Geoffrey (October 24, 2013). <i>A Short History of Christianity</i>. <a href="/wiki/Rowman_%26_Littlefield_Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowman & Littlefield Publishers">Rowman & Littlefield Publishers</a>. p. 418. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781442225909" title="Special:BookSources/9781442225909"><bdi>9781442225909</bdi></a>. <q>Many Lutherans continued to set up a small fir tree as their Christmas tree, and it must have been a seasonal sight in Bach's Leipzig at a time when it was virtually unknown in England, and little known in those farmlands of North America where Lutheran immigrants congregated.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Short+History+of+Christianity&rft.pages=418&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield+Publishers&rft.date=2013-10-24&rft.isbn=9781442225909&rft.aulast=Blainey&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mandryk2005-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mandryk2005_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMandryk2005" class="citation book cs1">Mandryk, DeeAnn (October 25, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/canadianchristma0000mand/page/67"><i>Canadian Christmas Traditions</i></a>. James Lorimer & Company. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/canadianchristma0000mand/page/67">67</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781554390984" title="Special:BookSources/9781554390984"><bdi>9781554390984</bdi></a>. <q>The eight-pointed star became a popular manufactured Christmas ornament around the 1840s and many people place a star on the top of their Christmas tree to represent the Star of Bethlehem.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Canadian+Christmas+Traditions&rft.pages=67&rft.pub=James+Lorimer+%26+Company&rft.date=2005-10-25&rft.isbn=9781554390984&rft.aulast=Mandryk&rft.aufirst=DeeAnn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcanadianchristma0000mand%2Fpage%2F67&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWells1897" class="citation journal cs1">Wells, Dorothy (1897). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ePc9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA697">"Christmas in Other Lands"</a>. <i>The School Journal</i>. <b>55</b>. E.L. Kellogg & Company: 697–8. <q>Christmas is the occasional of family reunions. Grandmother always has the place of honor. As the time approaches for enjoying the tree, she gathers her grandchildren about her, to tell them the story of the Christ child, with the meaning of the Christ child, with the meaning of the Christmas tree; how the evergreen is meant to represent the life everlasting, the candle lights to recall the light of the world, and the star at the top of the tree is to remind them of the star of Bethlehem.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+School+Journal&rft.atitle=Christmas+in+Other+Lands&rft.volume=55&rft.pages=697-8&rft.date=1897&rft.aulast=Wells&rft.aufirst=Dorothy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DePc9AQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA697&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jones2011-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jones2011_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2011" class="citation book cs1">Jones, David Albert (October 27, 2011). <i>Angels</i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. 24. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780191614910" title="Special:BookSources/9780191614910"><bdi>9780191614910</bdi></a>. <q>The same ambiguity is seen in that most familiar of angels, the angel on top of the Christmas tree. This decoration, popularized in the nineteenth century, recalls the place of the angels in the Christmas story (Luke 2.9–18).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Angels&rft.pages=24&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2011-10-27&rft.isbn=9780191614910&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=David+Albert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shaman-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Shaman_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">van Renterghem, Tony. <i>When Santa was a shaman.</i> St. Paul: <a href="/wiki/Llewellyn_Worldwide" title="Llewellyn Worldwide">Llewellyn Publications</a>, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56718-765-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-56718-765-X">1-56718-765-X</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFritz_Allhoff,_Scott_C._Lowe2010" class="citation book cs1">Fritz Allhoff, Scott C. Lowe (2010). <i>Christmas</i>. <a href="/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wiley & Sons">John Wiley & Sons</a>. <q>His biographer, Eddius Stephanus, relates that while Boniface was serving as a missionary near Geismar, Germany, he had enough of the locals' reverence for the old gods. Taking an axe to an oak tree dedicated to Norse god Thor, Boniface chopped the tree down and dared Thor to zap him for it. When nothing happened, Boniface pointed out a young fir tree amid the roots of the oak and explained how this tree was a more fitting object of reverence as it pointed towards the Christian heaven and its triangular shape was reminiscent of the Christian trinity.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christmas&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons&rft.date=2010&rft.au=Fritz+Allhoff%2C+Scott+C.+Lowe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harper-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Harper_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harper, Douglas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Christ">Christ</a>, <i>Online Etymology Dictionary,</i> 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Christmas_Archives-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Christmas_Archives_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071221113003/http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html">"The Chronological History of the Christmas Tree"</a>. The Christmas Archives. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html">the original</a> on December 21, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 18,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Chronological+History+of+the+Christmas+Tree&rft.pub=The+Christmas+Archives&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christmasarchives.com%2Ftrees.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChristmas+decoration" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFP-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AFP_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis. (1959) Christmas in Pennsylvania: a folk-cultural study. Edition 40. p.52,53. 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href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neapolitan_nativity_scene" title="Neapolitan nativity scene">Neapolitan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">In <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore"><span style="color:white">folklore</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badalisc" title="Badalisc">Badalisc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caganer" title="Caganer">Caganer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christkind" title="Christkind">Christkind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla" title="Grýla">Grýla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Frost" title="Jack Frost">Jack Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korvatunturi" title="Korvatunturi">Korvatunturi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider" title="Legend of the Christmas Spider">Legend of the Christmas Spider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Lwyd" title="Mari Lwyd">Mari Lwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner%27s_figure" title="Miner's figure">Miner's figure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)" title="Nisse (folklore)">Nisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Winter" title="Old Man Winter">Old Man Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perchta" title="Perchta">Perchta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_workshop" title="Santa's workshop">Santa's workshop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal" title="Tió de Nadal">Tió de Nadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turo%C5%84" title="Turoń">Turoń</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertep" title="Vertep">Vertep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia">Wenceslaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_cat" title="Yule cat">Yule cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_Lads" class="mw-redirect" title="Yule Lads">Yule Lads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer"><span style="color:white">Gift-bringers</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_(European_folklore)" title="Saint Nicholas (European folklore)">folklore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Befana" title="Befana">Befana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ded_Moroz" title="Ded Moroz">Ded Moroz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Indian" title="Grandpa Indian">Grandpa Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joulupukki" title="Joulupukki">Joulupukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julemanden" title="Julemanden">Julemanden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Baba" title="Noel Baba">Noel Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olentzero" title="Olentzero">Olentzero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_No%C3%ABl" title="Père Noël">Père Noël</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers" title="List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas" title="Companions of Saint Nicholas"><span style="color:white">Companions of<br />Saint Nicholas</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Claus" title="Mrs. Claus">Mrs. Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_Man" title="Sack Man">Sack Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27_daughter" title="Santa Claus' daughter">Santa Claus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">Santa's reindeer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snegurochka" title="Snegurochka">Snegurochka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_traditions" title="Christmas traditions"><span style="color:white">Traditions</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_calendar" title="Advent calendar">Advent calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_candle" title="Advent candle">Advent candle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Feast" title="Boar's Head Feast">Boar's Head Feast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwibbogen" title="Schwibbogen">Candle arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_card" title="Christmas card">Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carols_by_Candlelight" title="Carols by Candlelight">Carols by Candlelight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Magi" title="Cavalcade of Magi">Cavalcade of Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Christmas jumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Peace" title="Christmas Peace">Christmas Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cracker" title="Christmas cracker">Crackers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didukh" title="Didukh">Didukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_events_and_celebrations" title="Category:Christmas events and celebrations">Events and celebrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_Fishes" title="Feast of the Seven Fishes">Feast of the Seven Fishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Santa" title="Flying Santa">Flying Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift" title="Christmas gift">Gifts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Santa_Tracker" title="Google Santa Tracker">Google Santa Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamper#Christmas_hamper" title="Hamper">Hampers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round-robin_letter" title="Round-robin letter">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights" title="Christmas lights">Lights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Misrule" title="Lord of Misrule">Lord of Misrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_market" title="Christmas market">Markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_meals_and_feasts" title="Category:Christmas meals and feasts">Meals and feasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_star" title="Moravian star">Moravian star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa" title="NORAD Tracks Santa">NORAD Tracks Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker" title="Nutcracker">Nutcrackers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker_doll" title="Nutcracker doll">dolls</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornament" title="Christmas ornament">Ornaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_parade" title="Santa Claus parade">Parades</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_holiday_season_parades" title="List of Christmas and holiday season parades">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1ata" title="Piñata">Piñatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsettia" title="Poinsettia">Poinsettia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pyramid" title="Christmas pyramid">Pyramids</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A4uchermann" title="Räuchermann">Räuchermann</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas seal">Seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Santa" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanbaum" title="Spanbaum">Spanbaum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_szopka" title="Kraków szopka">Szopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassailing" title="Wassailing">Wassailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_window" title="Christmas window">Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_goat" title="Yule goat">Yule goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country" title="Observance of Christmas by country"><span style="color:white">By country</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Australia" title="Christmas in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Colombia" title="Christmas in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_Denmark" title="Yule and Christmas in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_England" title="Category:Christmas in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Christmas" title="Ethiopian Christmas">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Finland" title="Christmas in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_France" title="Christmas in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihnachten" title="Weihnachten">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Christmas in Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hungary" title="Christmas in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Iceland" title="Christmas in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Indonesia" title="Christmas in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ireland" title="Christmas in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Italy" title="Christmas in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Mexico" title="Christmas in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Zealand" title="Christmas in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Norway" title="Christmas in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Poland" title="Christmas in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Romania" title="Christmas in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Russia" title="Christmas in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" title="Christmas in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Serbia" title="Christmas in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Sweden" title="Christmas in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine" title="Christmas in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Christmas in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Christmas in the American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hawaii" title="Christmas in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Mexico" title="Christmas in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_United_States_(1946%E2%80%931964)" title="Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)">Post-War United States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music"><span style="color:white">Music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Carols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Operas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music#Popular_Christmas_songs" title="Christmas music">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">Hit singles in the UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">Hit singles in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Music charts (<i>Billboard</i>)</a></li> <li>Music books <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_by_medium" title="Christmas by medium"><span style="color:white">Other media</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas in literature">In literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas novels">novels</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Films (Christmas,</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_in_film" title="Santa Claus in film">Santa,</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_horror" title="Christmas horror">Christmas horror</a>)</li> <li>Poetry <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Santeclaus_with_Much_Delight" title="Old Santeclaus with Much Delight">Old Santeclaus with Much Delight</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit from St. Nicholas</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_in_the_Workhouse" title="Christmas Day in the Workhouse">Christmas Day in the Workhouse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomten" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomten">Tomten</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br />modern<br />society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Conspiracy" title="Advent Conspiracy">Advent Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(partying)" title="Black Friday (partying)">Black Friday (partying)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday (shopping)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronner%27s_Christmas_Wonderland" title="Bronner's Christmas Wonderland">Bronner's Christmas Wonderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_club" title="Christmas club">Christmas club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Christmas Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Mountains" title="Christmas Mountains">Christmas Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seals" title="Christmas seals">Christmas seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_controversies" title="Christmas controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Monday" title="Cyber Monday">Cyber Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas" title="Economics of Christmas">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giving_Tuesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Tuesday">Giving Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinch" title="Grinch">Grinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery" title="Spanish Christmas Lottery">El Gordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews_and_Christmas" title="Jews and 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