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This article was going to write a long time ago. Actually, I wrote a long time ago, but still neprisiruošiau fix and finally išpublikuoti. As before neprisiruošiu smart home. Christmas - beautiful festival, and this year looks very comfortable with so much snow.
Va, and now, when I write, I glance at her through the window, and a large part of its buried under sand. This is, of course, a little exasperates our cat, which is the window overlay tallinna tv of a snow somewhat hampered observe giant neighbors dog outdoors, but karštutėliai radiators, I hope it compensates provoked some failures.
Last year, we only lost to dispense with Christmas trees. Cat (the same, which is now a major obstacle to the snow), decided that since the tree, it is necessary for him to scramble. Unfortunately, the tree did not withstand the weight of a cat and dropped.
This year we have no doubt that the fir tree decorated with balcony. When you think about it, it's not so bad. Standing on the balcony at home, it takes up less space. Furthermore, not only welcome us, but neighbors. Why hide the joy of Christmas?
The essence of the disagreement is that both parties can never figure out where the above origins of the tradition to decorate Christmas tree - Latvia, Estonia. I, in fact, this argument is a bit like the theme, the above result tallinna tv - the hen or the egg.
Indeed, the history of the Christmas tree quite confusing. There is no consensus either on the tradition of decorating an evergreen tree the date of origin, place of origin, nor on the tradition sense. tallinna tv What truly Christmas tree symbolizes: life, the Paradise tree, or the Holy Trinity? After all, some kind of meaning to be.
It is likely tallinna tv that the custom of decorating the winter evergreen tallinna tv coniferous (spruce, pine or Kenia) was able to enter Northern Germany and Livonia (present in Latvia and Estonia) operated guild representatives.
Bremen tallinna tv guild chronicle, a record that in 1570 the guild cottage was built and apples, nuts, couscous, bagels and paper flowers, decorated tree to help guild members of children who gathered sweets for Christmas day.
1584 was a pastor and chronicler Balthasar narrow-leaved marsh (Balthasar Russow) his chronicle "Chronic der Province Lyfflandt wrote about the tradition built bluefin decorated tallinna tv fir tree in the market square where the young men" went with the teams panels and women. " Initially, tallinna tv there was singing and dancing, and then set fire to the tree. Such a tree history.
Although the Latvians and Estonians does not agree on what is the true homeland of the tree, it may be that this dispute is meaningless, because it is possible that the trees at the same time be able to start decorating and Riga, and Tallinn. For both cities, the Brotherhood of Blackheads was related.
The story, supposedly, the father of Protestantism before Christmas walking through the forest near Riga. It simply charmed by the beauty of the forest and the moonlight shining tallinna tv a light on the tree branches. So, a fir tree cut down and brought home their children to enjoy. tallinna tv
M.Liuteris fastened tallinna tv to the branches of the candles that this reflects the moonlight splendor of light (found elsewhere in the claim that the candles were mounted in honor of the birth of Christ). Possibly that was decorated with the world's first Christmas tree.
It is argued that the Germanic pagans had a holy tree Jove or Donar (sometimes held and Toro) oak. Allegedly, the VIII century Anglo-Saxon missionary Saint Boniface tallinna tv Christmas Eve slicing oak, after which the gods were human sacrifice.
Boniface tallinna tv started to cross the tree, rose to high winds and toppled tallinna tv oak. As the gods of the sacred oak Truncation Bonifacius neparbloškė local Gentiles, this was made a big impression and these immediately baptized.
True, after the October Revolution in Russia, the Christmas tree was banned, and only in 1935 the tradition of decorating trees revived, renamed the Christmas tree at Christmas and New Year's, and it adorns the top of the star of Bethlehem was baptized by without, but the red star.
One can only imagine what this has caused a great stir. After all, Victoria was a true style icon of that time in England, and even the eastern US coast. They became popular thanks to a number tallinna tv of things, among them - and a white bridal gown.
But themselves yet in 1853 these things a young writer Baranauskas said he had seen the Samogitian Calvary tallinna tv Cavalry Sergeant Major of the house decorated tree. So perhaps our single tree decorated in the past.
You've probably heard claims that the Christmas tree - a pagan attribute. I also heard of such. So I asked, and pagan theories. Moreover, the rather bizarre testimony seems to jump up around the first Christmas trees merchants and single women later to ignite. Why ignite? Does it have what meaning? Or so just get rid of the tree, as no longer needed? Or maybe it's been a victim of the gods? One theory is that the Christmas tree burning simbolizuodavęs then the transition from the old to the new year.
Spruce symbolized life and rebirth, and the end of December, people hanging on the branches of their gifts, to believe