Your Christmas is what brings character to your Christmas celebrations and decorations. Right from choosing what you need to buying the tree and then storing or caring for it, decorating it for Christmas and then disposing it off, we have loads of ideas, tips and information that you will need. You will also find ideas to make your own Christmas tree decorations.
And the Christmas tree is more than just a decoration for Christmas. It has gone ahead to symbolise the holiday. Christmas tree motifs are used in many Christmas items and we couldn’t really put together a section dedicated to Christmas trees without including ideas for projects made using the Christmas tree motif. From Christmas tree crafts, cards, songs to clipart, we have those covered for you as well.
Artificial Christmas trees
Artificial trees have become increasingly popular, as they are considered more convenient and (if used for several years) less expensive than real trees, as well as less wasteful than cutting down real trees. Trees come in a number of colours and “species”, and some come pre-decorated with lights. At the end of the Christmas season artificial trees can be disassembled and stored compactly.
Artificial trees may be necessary for people who have an allergy to conifers, and are increasingly popular in office settings.
Feather trees
The first artificial trees were tabletop feather trees, made from green-dyed goose feathers wound onto sticks drilled into a larger one, like the branches on a tree. Originating in Germany in the 19th century to prevent further deforestation, these “minimalist” trees show off small ornaments very well.
Brush trees
The first modern artificial Christmas trees were produced by companies which made brushes. They were made the same way, using animal hair (mainly pig bristles) and later plastic bristles, dyed pine-green in colour, inserted between twisted wires that form the branches. The bases of the branches were then twisted together to form a large branch, which was then inserted by the user into a wooden pole (now metal with plastic rings) for a trunk. Each row of branches is a different size, colour-coded at the base with paint or stickers for ease of assembly.
Tomorrow: Decorating ideas and themes