Christmas photo gifts

Christmas is bright and a good holiday. This holiday has its traditions. The Christmas wreath is one of the symbols of this holiday. It is an evergreen wreath with four candles. The first candle is lit on Sunday four weeks before Christmas as a symbol of light that comes into the world with the birth of Christ. Each following Sunday another candle is lit. In 1843, Englishman Horsley drew first Christmas photo present. 1000 copies of cards were sold that year in London. Louis Prang popularized special cards in 1875. He spent in America, a nationwide competition to design a Christmas photo gifts. Improvement of the mail system and cheaper postage allowed sending Christmas photo gifts to many friends in all parts of the globe. Christmas gifts are the main tradition of this holiday. Gifts can be very different. They are left under the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is one of the main attributes of this holiday. It is assumed that the first undecorated Christmas trees appeared in Germany in the VIII century. In the XVII century the Christmas tree was already common attribute of Christmas in Germany and the Scandinavian countries. While the tree was decorated with figures and flowers, cut from colored paper, apples, wafers, gilt thing, and sugar. The tradition of dressing the tree is connected with the Paradise tree hung with apples. Its popularity in England Christmas Tree obliged German Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. In the XVII century German immigrants brought the tradition of that tree to America. The first outdoor Christmas tree with Christmas lights appeared in Finland in 1906. The Christmas tree is often depicted on Christmas photo gifts. The idea of using electrical garlands instead of candles belongs to the British telephone operator Ralph Morris. The first Christmas trees were decorated with fresh flowers and fruit. Sweets, nuts and other foods were later added. Then the Christmas candles came. This consignment was certainly too heavy for the tree. German glassblowers began producing hollow glass decorations, to replace fruits and other heavy decorations. The tradition of leaving gifts under the Christmas tree goes back to the old days.