Here is an incredibly cute craft for your Christmas tree or anywhere else in your Christmas home decor that might need a wreath!
This tutorial has only video instructions, there are no written instructions available, although the steps in the video are very easy to follow!
This is an absolutely beautiful Christmas decoration idea for your home.
With this hanging Christmas Wreath you can decorate your home easily during the Christmas season.
Materials
* 7 × 29 cm paper sheet (18 nos)
* 20 cm diameter cardboard circle or paper plate
* Stapler
* Scissors
* Paper cutting knife
* Pencil
* Glue
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Per Wikipedia, “A wreath…is an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs, or various materials that is constructed to form a ring. In English-speaking countries, wreaths are used typically as household ornaments, most commonly as an Advent and Christmas decoration. They are also used in ceremonial events in many cultures around the globe. They can be worn as a chaplet around the head, or as a garland around the neck. Wreaths have much history and symbolism associated with them. They are usually made from evergreens and symbolize strength, as evergreens last even throughout the harshest winters. Bay laurel may also be used; bay laurel wreaths are known as laurel wreaths.”
Traditions of Christmas Around the World
Many Christmas traditions have been passed down from generation to generation, and from culture to culture, from around the world.
These include the Christmas tree in the living room, the Christmas wreath on the door, the mistletoe hanging from the chandelier, the gifts underneath the tree, stockings above the fireplace, and the box of cookies near the fireplace…these are all the very essence of Christmas.
Throughout all cultures, the Christmas tree is the most popular Christmas tradition.
The tops of evergreen trees were cut off and hung upside down in an appropriate corner of the house during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Austria and Germany.
Then, they would decorate those evergreen trees with apples, nuts and strips of red paper.
In the Garden of Eden, the tree of knowledge symbolized the tree of knowledge while its branches were decorated with apples.
In Germany, the Christmas tree or Tannenbaum is traditionally decorated by the mother, in a secret way, with lights, tinsel and ornaments. During Christmas Eve, the rest of the family sees it under the trees with a basket of cookies, nuts and presents underneath.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, her husband, Prince Albert, brought the first Christmas tree to Windsor Castle, where it became an important symbol of the holidays. Its popularity carried over to the United States, where by 1850 it had become particularly popular in the eastern United States.
The inhabitants of Greenland import Christmas trees because they don’t have any trees of their own; they then decorate their trees with candles and bright ornaments.
One of the first Christmas trees decorated with electric lights was placed in a market square in the Finnish city of Pietarsaari, in 1905.
Norwegians decorate their trees on the eve of Christmas, and then share their joy by singing carols while walking around their decorated trees. It is customary for the parents of the children to decorate the tree during this time while the children are eagerly waiting outside the room. Once the tree has been decorated, a Norwegian Christmas ritual known as “circling the tree” is performed. The entire family participates in the holiday ceremony by joining hands around the tree and then walking around it singing carols. They then exchange gifts with each other.
There is a tradition of decorating Christmas trees even in warm climates at Christmas time. It is a well-known fact in Australia that Christmas occurs in the middle of summer. Most Australians decorate Christmas bushes because they are native plants with red blossoms on their leaves. Traditionally, pine trees are decorated with little pieces of cotton to represent falling snow during the holiday season in Brazil.
Christmas trees are decorated in the Swedish tradition with stars, sunbursts and snowflakes made of straw. Spain has a fun tradition of playing a game called Catalonia in which a tree trunk is filled with goodies and the children hit the trunk, like the piñata is hit in Mexico, trying to knock out goodies like hazelnuts, almonds, toffee and other treats.