FReeper Canteen ~ Favorite Christmas Ornaments ~ 18 DEC 2007

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

The FReeper Canteen Presents

~Favorite Christmas Ornaments~

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with us!!
Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!

Late in the Middle Ages, Germans and Scandinavians placed evergreen trees inside their homes or just outside their doors to show their hope in the forthcoming spring. Our modern Christmas tree evolved from early traditions.

In the early 1800's, Christmas trees in Germany were typically decorated with candles, cookies, fruit, paper novelties, and candy. Then, a glassblower in Lauscha (a district long recognized for the quality of its glass) crafted some small glass balls to hang on his family's tree.

Around the midpoint of the Nineteenth Century, in addition to candle lights, decorations hanging from Christmas trees included miniature replicas of fruit, animals, toys, musical instruments and angels made primarily out of materials available in homes.

Another concept began to take hold with the German families in whose homes the first “popular” trees resided. Food, often gingerbread or other hard cookies, would be baked in the shape of fruits, stars, hearts, angels and bells.

As the idea of decorated Christmas trees spread, various countries added their own variations. Americans, for instance, would string long strands of cranberries or popcorn to circle their trees. Small gifts began to be used to decorate the tree, sometimes contained in little intricately woven baskets, sometimes nestled in the crook of a bough, sometimes just hanging by a thread or piece of yarn.

 F.W. Woolworth brought the glass ornament tradition to the United States in 1890. From 1870's to 1930's, Germans made the finest molds for making ornaments with nearly 5,000 different molds at the time. At the turn of the century there were over one hundred small cottage glass blowing workshops in Europe.

The Christmas tree market was born in 1851 when Catskill farmer Mark Carr hauled two ox sleds of evergreens into New York City and sold them all. By 1900, one in five American families had a Christmas tree, and 20 years later, the custom was nearly universal.

Six species account for about 90 percent of the nation's Christmas tree trade. Scotch pine ranks first, comprising about 40 percent of the market, followed by Douglas fir which accounts for about 35 percent. The other big sellers are noble fir, white pine, balsam fir and white spruce.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

 
Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly, and please leave politics at the door. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.
We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.
We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

 

[SevenofNine]

BOY Vlady been busy not only he want be PM of Russia he also sold nuke ingrediant to Iran according to UK Times

And another report off BBC wire claim that Crazy Nut Job is little tick off with internet users that he close down 100 internet cafes in Iran

gee wonder why Freepers goofing on you Crazy Nut Job

[TASMANIANRED]

I give them away...

I gotta figure out how many ways to split them.

[PROCON]

Anise doesn’t cause bad breath unless you don’t like licorice.

Okay, so if I don't like licorice, I'm a Communist..what's up with that?!/LOL

[luvie]

Made peanut butter crisscross cookies.

If I still have the “want-to” tomorrow, I am gonna make
Snickerdoodles. :D

[luvie]

I will definitely be taking pictures. I have Christmas
gifts on the floor...and I’ll bet they’ll be all OVER the
place when she hits the room! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, *TT* and Beth and Nana. ((HUGS))

So you have a Christmas pickle, huh? Too cool.

Thanks for helping honor our troops.

[PROCON]

I give them away...

Please don't send any to Oregon!!

[abner]

I have 3 cats here. For some reason that I cannot identify this year they haven’t been climbing the tree... The other years, they only have climbed when I’ve been home I think...

This year, they were slightly interested in the garlands on the bannisters, but only a little.

I am blessed.

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you Sand, for the wonderful pictures and stories!

[laurenmarlowe]

Mine?

[SandRat]

hehehehehehe

[abner]

You are welcome... Kathy gets me sometimes ;-)

Here are the rest of my Christmas decorating photos:

Christmas

[tongue-tied]

Good morning Lauren, thanks for the thread!

Ma, we're looking at possible snow in the next 2 days. I'll keep you posted.

[TASMANIANRED]

I’m strange that way...

[SandRat]

The Spirit of Christmas

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Hope! Thank you for our beautiful Pledge Of Allegiance.

Merry Christmas and Blessings to you and your family!

[Kathy in Alaska]

SNOW ALERT! SNOW ALERT!!

[TASMANIANRED]

I'm strange that way...

Solitare the reindog.

[tongue-tied]

Okay so I'm out of order. LOL

My favorite Christmas ornaments will be the ones I've received these past 2 years. Sent to me by friends, but not yet hung on a tree. I've been busy. BUT - next year, I'll decorate a tree, and other than the few I've been sent and one or two from my mother that I still have, all of the others will be brand new.

[TASMANIANRED]

If you don’t like licorice you can have chocolate chip or peanut butter.