Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Christmas quiz pt 3- The Christmas tree-who can get all of my easy questions right about Christmas?

The Christmas tree is one of the most common symbols of Christmas.It is useally an evergreen tree, which is decorated with ornaments and lights, Christmas trees come in all sizes and shapes, they can be live trees in pots, trees that have been cut down or artificial trees,whatever size and shape they perfer it is certain that families across America will be looking for just the right Christmas tree at the end of November each year. It is believed that the Christmas tree tradition began thousands of years ago, in anchient times people bought evergreen branches into their homes, they thought the evergreens were magical and that they symbolized life, these branches represented Spring during the cold dark Winters.In ancient Rome people decorated their homes with evergreens during a special feast in December.During this time schools were closed no battles were fought and people gave each other gifts.Martin Luther was a monk who lived from 1483 to 1546, according to a ledgend he was coming

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