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Tannenbaum

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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CHRISTMAS TREE

BY:EMMA CLUSMAN
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O TANNENBAUM

  • O Tannenbaum is a german song.
  • It's based on a traditional folk song
  • It became associated with the Christmas Tree
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MARTIN LUTHER

  • Martin Luther was the person who started
  • the Christmas tree in Germany
  • Started the first Luthren Church
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CANDLES

  • Martin Luther put candles on his Christmas tree
  • No ornaments were ever used until the 1890's
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HEIGHTS

  • Europeans like 4 ft trees
  • Americans like trees that touch the ceiling
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FIR TREE

  • In Germany an evergreen Tree
  • also known as the Christmas Tree
  • is called a Fir Tree
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DECORATION

  • People used branches to decorate
  • there home so it would remind
  • them of spring time
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UPSIDE DOWN?

  • Some people hung there Christmas Tree
  • on there ceiling by a chain
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PARADE!

  • In Germany 1521 they would
  • parade around with a Christmas Tree in
  • a float and a man riding behind it
  • representing St. Nicholas
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POPULAR

  • One tradition that is popular
  • in Germany is putting gingerbread
  • and gold covered apples on your
  • Christmas Tree
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BABY JESUS

  • At first baby Jesus was put
  • at the top of a Christmas Tree.
  • Over time it changed to an angel or fairy,
  • like it was telling the wise men that Jesus was born
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CHRISTMAS TREE

  • The Christmas Tree was first brought
  • into people's houses in the 1600's
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RESOURCES

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Resources

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RESOURCES

Emma Clusman