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Post by 溪山 on Dec 7, 2021 2:42:53 GMT -5
History of Christmas Trees: The ancient Egyptians worshipped a god called Ra, who had the head of a hawk and wore the sun as a blazing disk in his crown. At the solstice, when Ra began to recover from his illness, the Egyptians filled their homes with green palm rushes, which symbolized for them the triumph of life over death. Early Romans marked the solstice with a feast called Saturnalia in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. The Romans knew that the solstice meant that soon, farms and orchards would be green and fruitful. To mark the occasion, they decorated their homes and temples with evergreen boughs. In Northern Europe the mysterious Druids, the priests of the ancient Celts, also decorated their temples with evergreen boughs as a symbol of everlasting life. The fierce Vikings in Scandinavia thought that evergreens were the special plant of the sun god, Balder. Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce. It is a widely held belief that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, first added lighted candles to a tree. Walking toward his home one winter evening, composing a sermon, he was awed by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. To recapture the scene for his family, he erected a tree in the main room and wired its branches with lighted candles. 。。。。。。。。
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Post by 溪山 on Dec 7, 2021 2:44:15 GMT -5
Christmas Trees: A Forgotten History
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Post by 溪山 on Dec 19, 2021 1:19:29 GMT -5
Christmastime at New York's Rockefeller Center: A brief history
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Post by 边 草 on Dec 19, 2021 13:10:35 GMT -5
梅西百货公司每年花一百万,从滨州东部挑一棵大约50英尺高且直的松树,割下,运到曼哈顿,竖立起来,装饰一番。如今大型商店生意越来越难做,不知道这个传统能够维持到什么时候?
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Post by 溪山 on Dec 20, 2021 2:04:44 GMT -5
還有Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 是啊,實體店每況愈下。特別是新冠時期。 最近看到UPS 用U-Haul送貨。
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Post by 特斯拉 on Dec 22, 2022 17:24:13 GMT -5
圣诞快乐!
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Post by 溪山 on Dec 24, 2022 14:19:55 GMT -5
多謝小特美樂!
祝大家聖誕快樂!
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