It's time to prepare your Christmas tree! You are starting
to breathe the cold and magic air that comes before all the glitter and the
color of December! As a real passionate person I've already made my tree and
filled my house with all the wonderful ornaments gathered during the years!
And you, have you ever wondered what kind of tree you belong
to? Because you don't have to give in to
the temptation of classic style, you can also choose a “design” Christmas!
The Christmas tree has a very old story, bound to different
cultures and traditions. It was sometimes colored and set on fire during a
wonderful pagan ceremony, or it was decorated with fruits and propitiatory candies to help young people to find their twin soul,
while Christians adorn it with gifts and angels!
But the nicest story about the Christmas tree comes from a
faraway country village in the distant
Lapland.
A kid had gone into the forest near his home to gather some
pinewood, to burn it in the fireplace on
Christmas night. It started to snow and the kid got lost, so he decided
to crouch under a big fir to protect himself from cold. The next morning all
the village inhabitants left to look for the missing kid, and when they got
close to the big tree they couldn't believe their eyes: the snow fallen during
the night had turned into infinite cryistals in the shape of festoons and decorations shining in the sun!
The most
beautiful sight ever seen, and ever since, to remember that night, everyone
prepares a glittering tree in every home, so that nobody might get lost
anymore!
Before choosing your own style, you'd better go round the world to look for the loveliest
trees: of course you start from the most
famous!
the one at the Rockfeller Center in New York
Beijing fiber optics tree
The tree in piazza
del Duomo, Milan
The floating tree in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The golden tree from the Japanese jeweller's shop “Tanaka
Kikinzoku “ in Tokyo, worth 150 million yen!
After watching all these suggestions from all over the
world, did you realize what tree you belong to?
Let's start from those who are fond of minimal design: trees
easy to assemble, decorative, eco-friendly, in every size !
You can find a large selection on the
website:
You have no room in your house? What about a beautiful wall
tree?
If you don't feel like decorating it yourself, there are
also home stickers of course!!!
An artistic tree? If you can't afford to buy wonderful
works like this by Mercedes Rodriguez,
you can try with pieces of wood, branches and iron wire to realize real marvels!
Are you very greedy? Don't you have enough with all the
Christmas sweets? Then definitely point to a chocolate tree!!!!!
For the lovers of glass, they can aim at this wonderful
piece made in Murano!
As for me, I love the most traditional trees, enriched with
hundreds of balls and ornaments found year after year! There are plenty of
stores and sites where you can live 100
% Christmas spirit with a lot of suggestions, without renouncing your own style!
A few examples
Punk style
Classic style
Gold style
Did I convince you to prepare your own tree? I'm sure I'll
convince you to decorate your home in my next post!
Stay tuned!!!
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