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圣诞树的故事和圣诞老人的由来AlthoughitisgenerallyagreedthattheChristmastreeinitscurrentformcamefromGermanyintheearly19thcentury,thetraditionofdecoratingatreetomarkwintercelebrationsdatesbackhundredsofyearstoRomantimes,whentheyusedtodecorateevergreentreeswithsmallpiecesofmetaltocelebrateSaturnalia.Inmedievaltimesthe'ParadisePlay'wasperformedeveryyearon24December.ThisdepictedthecreationofManandthefallofAdamandEvefromtheGardenofEdenandalwaysincludedanevergreenhungwithappleswhichrepresentedtheappletreeoftemptation.ThereisalegendthatStBoniface,anEnglishmonk,cameuponagroupofpagansgatheredaroundanoaktreewhowerepreparingtosacrificeachildtotheGodThor.Inordertostopthesacrifice,andsavethechild'slife,StBonifaceissaidtohavefelledthetreewithoneblowofhisfist.Lateron,afirtreegrewinplaceoftheoakandthis,StBonifacetoldthepagans,wastheTreeofLifeandrepresentedtheChristChild.Legendalsosuggeststhat,inthelate16thcentury,MartinLuther(thefounderoftheProtestantreligion)wasthefirsttodecorateanindoortreewithcandleswhenheattemptedtorecreatethestarsshiningoveraforestofevergreens.Thefirstmentionofdecoratedtreesbeingtakenindoorscamein1605inGermany-acountrywithalongChristmastreehistory!Thetreeswereinitiallydecoratedwithfruitandsweetstogetherwithhandmadeobjectssuchasquilledsnowflakesandstars.GermanChristmasMarketsbegantosellshapedgingerbreadsandwaxornamentswhichpeopleboughtassouvenirsofthefairandtookhometohangontheirtree.TinselwasalsoinventedinGermanyinabout1610.Upuntilfairlyrecentlyrealsilverwasused,whichwaspulledintowaferthinstripsbyspecialmachines.Thiswasdurablebuttarnishedquicklyandmanyexperimentstookplacetotryandfindanalternative-includingamixofleadandtin,whichwastooheavyandkeptbreaking.Itwasonlyinthemid20thcenturythataviablealternativewasfound.Artificialtreeswereinventedinthe1880'sinabidtotryandstopsomeofthedamagebeingcausedtorealtreesduetopeopleloppingthetipofflargetrees,thuspreventingthetreesfromgrowinganyfurther.ItgotsobadinGermanythatlawshadtobebroughtintopreventpeoplehavingmorethanonetree.PrinceAlbert,
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