The Christmas tree, symbol of Christmas
A Christmas tree is the most well known image of Christmas. It is decorated with many colorful lights and store bought in addition to home made decorations. A Christmas tree can be small or large. A Christmas tree can be natural or artificial. It is claimed that artificial Christmas trees are safer because it is harder for an artificial Christmas tree to catch on fire. An artificial Christmas tree doesn’t need to have water placed under it because it will not dry out and needles will not fall off an artificial Christmas tree.
Christmas tree types
There are artificial Christmas trees and there are natural Christmas trees that are coniferous and evergreen. Natural Christmas trees smell like pine. It is claimed that pine is one of the smells of Christmas along with the smell of cider, baked goods, and freshly fallen snow. Many people buy artificial Christmas trees because they are allegoric to natural Christmas trees. There are many types of natural Christmas trees. Here are a few varieties of natural Christmas trees:
- Douglas Fir Tree
- Red Fir Tree
- Silver Fur Tree
- Spruce Tree
Designer trees
In the 1950s and 1960s there were designer Christmas trees that were created out of aluminum and metal. Designer Christmas trees looked like they were silver.
Christmas trees on television
Charlie Brown was in charge of getting the Christmas tree for the Peanuts gang in A Charlie Brown Christmas. He ended up getting a small tree that nobody liked because they wanted a big Christmas tree.