FReeper Canteen ~ Favorite Christmas Ornaments ~ 18 DEC 2007

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

The FReeper Canteen Presents

~Favorite Christmas Ornaments~

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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.

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[laurenmarlowe]

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[PROCON]

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[MamaB]

Hi.

[SandRat]

Hello

[laurenmarlowe]

AL QA’IM, Iraq – Sergeant Nicholas Schorr (right), the platoon sergeant for Weapons Platoon, Company I, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, holds his certificate of reenlistment with a fellow Company I Marine, Cpl. Bruce B. Thompson, after a re-enlistment ceremony on a rooftop in Ubaydi. Now on his fourth deployment with Company I, 3rd Bn., 2nd Marines, Schorr took the opportunity to solidify his future with the Marine Corps in an area where intense fighting consumed his second deployment with the battalion. Photo by: Cpl. Billy Hall

ABOARD USS GERMANTOWN — Cpl. Dale Guzman, Marine Corps Martial Arts green belt instructor, with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, Calif., teaches martial arts to Marines and Sailors aboard USS Germantown during in a scheduled six-month deployment through the Western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf region. Photo by: Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti

AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (Dec. 14, 2007) – Lance Cpl. Mark Sheldon decorates his work section’s Christmas tree. It is a live tree and was provided by the National Christmas Tree Association’s Trees for Troops program. Sheldon is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Photo by: Cpl. Andrew Kalwitz

[puppypusher]

Hello!lauren. My Favorite tree would be a Balsam Fir with multicolored glass balls on it with flickering bulbs.

The smell of a balsam tree is Christmas to me.What memories.

[Old Sarge]

PRESENT!

I’ll have to try and find pics of The Home Detachment’s tree!

[PROCON]

Actually, we're old-fashioned...Angels & Baby Jesus are our favorites...sorry!/s

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good Evening PROCON, you are

FIRST!!

[SandRat]

Ours is the tree topper Star & Angel that Mrs. SR and I bought for our first Christmas as man & wife and still use.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I got my first Christmas card (of this year) today. I’m going to make it into an ornament. It’s going to be my favorite.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1940923/posts

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy to you MamaB!

SECOND!!

[PROCON]

Ha, 1min, 27 secs, you got anymore eggnog?!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good evening Lauren.{{{HUGS}}}

My favorite Christmas ornament is the Angel my son made for me in school.

[AZamericonnie]

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[hoagy62]

Good Evening! My favorite ornament is our tree topper. It dates from the 1930’s and is a straight spire with a globe blow, colored silver, with a lacquer-like paint in an indentation in the center of the globe.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Evening Procon.

[PROCON]

Thanks for the GREAT POST...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!