The tradition of celebrating the New Year holidays with a Christmas tree has entered our everyday life so much that almost no one asks questions: where did the Christmas tree come from? What does she symbolize? Why is the tree an essential attribute for Christmas and? When did the Christmas tree appear and where did it come from, and we will try to find out in this article. In 1906, the philosopher Vasily Rozanov wrote: “Many years ago I was surprised to learn that the custom of the Christmas tree is not one of the indigenous Russian customs. The Christmas tree is now so firmly rooted in Russian society that it would never occur to anyone that she is not russian…»

As you already know from the article, he brought the tradition of celebrating the New Year with a Christmas tree to Russia by his decree in 1699. Here is a short fragment from this decree (letter " b» at the end of words is not readable):

“... now the year 1699 comes from the Nativity of Christ, and the next Genvara, from the 1st day, a new year 1700 will come, and a new centenary age, and for that good and useful deed, the Great Sovereign indicated that from now on to count in Orders and in all affairs and fortresses to write from the present January from the 1st day of the Nativity of Christ, 1700. And as a sign of that good beginning and a new century in the reigning city, after due thanksgiving to God and prayer singing in the church and to whom it will happen in your home, along large and passing noble streets to noble people and at houses of deliberate spiritual and worldly rank in front of the gate make some decorations from trees and branches of pine, spruce and juniper against samples, which are made at the Gostiny Dvor and at the lower pharmacy, or whoever is more convenient and decent, depending on the place and gate, it is possible to make ... "

Nevertheless, the decree of Emperor Peter had only an indirect relation to the future Christmas tree: firstly, the city was decorated not only with spruce, but also with other coniferous trees; secondly, the decree recommended the use of both whole trees and branches, and, finally, thirdly, needle decorations were prescribed not to be installed indoors, but outside - on gates, roofs of taverns, streets and roads. By this, the Christmas tree turned into a detail of the New Year's cityscape, and not the Christmas interior, which it became much later. The text of the sovereign decree testifies to us that for Peter, in the custom he introduced, which he met during a European trip, it was important as aesthetics - it was ordered to decorate houses and streets with needles; so is the symbolism - decorations from evergreen needles should have been created to commemorate the celebration precisely.

It is important that Peter's decree of December 20, 1699 is, almost the only document on the history of the Christmas tree in Russia in the 18th century. After the death of the impostor, they stopped putting up New Year trees. Only the owners of taverns decorated their houses with them, and these Christmas trees stood at the taverns all year round - hence their name came from - “ tree sticks».

Sovereign prescriptions were preserved only in decoration drinking establishments, which continued to decorate before the New Year. By these Christmas trees, which were tied to a stake, installed on roofs or stuck at the gate, taverns were identified. The fir trees stood there until next year, on the eve of which the old ones were replaced by new ones. Having arisen as a result of Peter's decree, this custom was maintained during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Pushkin in the "History of the village of Goryukhin" mentions "an ancient public building decorated with a Christmas tree and an image of a double-headed eagle". This characteristic detail was well known and was reflected from time to time in many works of Russian literature. Sometimes, instead of a Christmas tree, pine trees were placed on the roofs of taverns: “The building of the tavern ... consisted of an old two-story hut with a high roof ... withered pine; its thin, withered branches seemed to be calling for help.

And in the poem by N.P. Kilberg’s 1872 “Yolka” the coachman is sincerely surprised that the master, by the tree driven in at the door of the hut, cannot recognize it as a drinking establishment:

“We drove in! .. we rush in the village with an arrow,
Suddenly the horses stood before the dirty hut,
Where the tree is driven in at the door...
What is this? .. - What are you, gentleman, an eccentric,
Don't you know? this is a tavern!..»

That is why, taverns in the people began to be called "Christmas Trees" or "Ivans-Yolkins": " Let's go to the Yolkin, let's drink for the holiday»; « It can be seen that Ivan Yolkin was visiting, that you stagger from side to side»; « Christmas tree (tavern) sweeps the house cleaner than a broom". Soon, the whole complex of “alcoholic” concepts gradually acquired “Christmas-tree” doublets: “ raise the tree"- to get drunk," go under the tree" or " the tree has fallen, let's go pick it up"- go to the tavern," to be under the tree"- to be in a tavern; " yolkin"- the state of alcoholic intoxication, etc.

Where did the Christmas tree holiday originate?

It turns out that many Europeanized Slavic-Aryan peoples during the Christmas season have long used Christmas or Yuletide log, a huge piece of wood or stump, which was lit on the hearth on the first day of Christmas and gradually burned down during the twelve days of the holiday. According to popular belief, careful storage of a piece of Christmas log throughout the year protected the house from fire and lightning, provided the family with an abundance of grain and helped the cattle to easily bear offspring. Stumps of spruce and beech trunks were used as Christmas logs. Among the southern Slavs - this is the so-called badnyak, among the Scandinavians - juldlock, the French - le buche de Noel(Christmas block, which, in fact, if you read these words in Russian, we get bukh - Russian butt - the reverse side of the ax-axe, it’s quite a block or log; and no-yel looks like a merger of words - a Norwegian tree or a new Christmas tree, or the best and most accurate hit night tree).

The history of the transformation of spruce into a Christmas tree has not yet been accurately restored. What is known for sure is that it happened on the territory Germany, where spruce in Vedic times was especially revered and identified with the world tree: “ The evergreen spruce was the queen of the German forests.". It was here, among the ancient Slavs, the ancestors of the Germans, that it first became a New Year's, and later a Christmas plant symbol. It has long been a custom among the Germanic peoples to go to New Year to the forest, where the spruce tree chosen for the ritual role was lit with candles and decorated with colored rags, after which the corresponding rituals were performed near or around it.

Over time, spruce trees began to be cut down and brought into the house, where they were installed on the table. Lighted candles were attached to the tree, apples and sugar products were hung on it. The emergence of the cult of spruce as a symbol of undying nature was facilitated by its evergreen cover, which allowed it to be used during the winter festive season, which was a transformation of the long-known custom of decorating houses with evergreens.

After the baptism and latinization of the Slavic peoples (full-blooded Germans are not Aryans, but Slavs, more precisely Holy Russians - blue-eyed and fair-haired), inhabiting the territory of modern Germany, the customs and rituals associated with the veneration of spruce began to gradually acquire a Christian meaning, and it began to be used in quality christmas tree, installing in houses no longer on, but on Christmas Eve, i.e. the eve of the Nativity of the Sun (god), December 24, which is why it got the name of the Christmas tree - Weihnachtsbaum (an interesting word, which, if read in parts and in Russian, is very similar to the following - holy night log, where if to Weih add "s", we get Russian word holy or light). From now on Christmas Eve (Weihnachtsabend) the festive mood began to be created not only by Christmas carols, but also by a Christmas tree with candles burning on it.

A Christmas tree with candles and decorations is first mentioned in 1737 year. Fifty years later there is an entry by a certain baroness who claims that in every German house “a spruce tree is being prepared, covered with candles and sweets, with magnificent lighting”.

In France, the custom has long been burn a Christmas log on Christmas Eve (le buche de Noël), and the tree was assimilated more slowly and not as willingly as in the northern countries. In the story-stylization of the émigré writer M.A. Struve's "Paris Letter", which describes the "first Parisian impressions" of a Russian youth who celebrated Christmas in 1868, says: "The room ... met me embellished, but Christmas trees, kind to me according to Petersburg custom, even if it be the smallest, in her didn't turn out…»

Charles Dickens, in his 1830 essay "Christmas Dinner", describing English Christmas, does not yet mention the Christmas tree, but writes about the mistletoe branch, traditional for England, under which boys, as usual, kiss their cousins, and the holly branch, showing off on top of a giant pudding …

Now, knowing the truth about the Christmas tree and the holidays associated with it, you can perfectly celebrate the Christmas of the Sun (read the details in my article) and without a Christmas tree, and without Santa Claus, and without and not at midnight, and most importantly - on the present day Birth of the Sun, which is celebrated in the evening from the 24th to the 25th of December, and not according to our style from the 6th to the 7th of January.

It turns out that the whole Christian world correctly celebrates Christmas Sun, and us, Russ, as always, deceived And slipped us alien gods, alien traditions and holidays, and in days alien to the truth! When celebrating, do not forget why everyone gathered at the table, and whose Christmas you are celebrating ...

Nika Kravchuk

Do you know what the Christmas tree symbolizes?

In Soviet times, the Christmas tree almost imperceptibly began to be called New Year's. She was decorated with a five-pointed red star and almost completely deprived of deep religious meaning. But is the decorated spruce, the smell of pine needles, the lights of garlands and various balls on thorny branches - this is such an addition to the celebration and nothing more? It turns out that everything is not so simple. The Christmas tree has a Christian connotation and symbolizes ... However, about this and about many interesting facts read on.

Christmas tree - a tree with religious overtones

It is believed that the tradition of decorating a fir tree for Christmas originated in medieval Germany. When this event first happened, only God knows. It is often said that the first tree in history was the tree that Martin Luther planted in his house. Yet again - exact date unknown.

What did the decorated coniferous tree symbolize? On the one hand, the Christmas tree was reminiscent of paradise tree of life, the Garden of Eden and the fall of Adam and Eve. Just before Christmas, on December 24, Western Christians celebrated the day of memory of the ancestors of Adam and Eve.

But the Christmas tree is not a tree of sad memories. Because, on the other hand, it is symbol of the born Christ. God became Man in order to come into the world and redeem all people, to reconcile them with the Creator. In other words, to restore the connection that Adam and Eve broke at one time.

What do Christmas decorations symbolize?

After you have learned about the deep Christian symbolism of the Christmas tree, you understand why it is dressed up that way.

The Christmas tree is necessarily decorated with lanterns, garlands and an eight-pointed star on top. Why does it have to be a star? And remember the story of the Magi who came from the East to worship Christ. The Christmas star showed them the way.

According to one German legend, Luther, going into the forest, also saw how an angel decorated the top of a spruce with a star.

Why various fruits were attached to the Christmas tree is also understandable: after all, it reminded of the Paradise Tree of Life.

What do all sorts of other decorations indicate - Christmas decorations? If the tree is Christ, then the colored balls and lights are all believers who are in Christ, that is, the true Church.

This is the deep Christian symbolism of a decorated Christmas tree. It is clear why the Bolsheviks immediately abolished this pious custom, and then, at the request of "Soviet citizens", they allowed it, turning the symbol of Christ into an ordinary New Year's tree. But more on that later, but first we'll tell you how the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree came about.

Who first dressed up a coniferous tree for Christmas?

In historical sources, the first mention of the Christmas tree comes down to 1510 and no longer to Germany, but to the Latvian capital - Riga. True, the residents of Tallinn categorically disagree with this. The Estonians allegedly proved that their tree decorated for Christmas appeared four centuries earlier than the Latvians.

It got to the point that before the New Year 2011 a diplomatic scandal broke out between Riga and Tallinn: in which country did the Christmas tree appear for the first time? Who should celebrate the birthday of the Christmas tree?

But be that as it may, we know exactly when the tree first appeared in the future Russian Empire - after the decree of Peter I of December 20, 1699.

How the Christmas tree took root in the Russian Empire

Before issuing the decree, Peter I visited Europe, and during the trip he really liked the trees decorated for Christmas. After returning home, he carried out a calendar reform: the chronology was now conducted from the Nativity of Christ, and the New Year began on January 1. To convey the atmosphere of the holiday, Peter I ordered to decorate Christmas trees and light fires.

But this custom did not take root right away: at first, Christmas trees were installed and decorated only by German families living in the Russian Empire.

But by the middle of the nineteenth century, the situation had changed: in 1852 the first public Christmas tree appeared in St. Petersburg, followed by a whole parade of fir trees, installed in places of meetings of nobles, merchants, in clubs and theaters. Then, first in wealthy families, to show their status, and then in ordinary ones - to the delight of children - they began to decorate Christmas trees.

A corresponding Christmas business appeared all over the world: they made decorations and sweets. Such commerce brought good income and joy to both adults and children.

New Year's or Christmas?

With coming Soviet power everything gradually changed. Christmas and Christmas tree like "priest's custom", were abolished to prevent children from imbibing religiosity from an early age.

True, the persecution of the coniferous beauty did not last long. Already in 1935, the party leader Postyshev achieved the rehabilitation of the Christmas tree from Stalin. She returned, but not as a symbol of Christ, but as a New Year's tree. And it was no longer an eight-pointed Bethlehem star, but a five-pointed red one.

But time brings everything back to normal: the celebration of Christmas, and carols, and solemn services, and, of course, a decorated tree with garlands and an eight-pointed (or six-pointed) star on top.

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In Russia, immediately after a merry New Year with its noisy parties and dancing until the morning, a beautiful family holiday comes Orthodox Christmas. For a Russian person, New Year and Christmas are holidays that do not argue with each other. New Year is a secular and carefree reveler, hung with bags of gifts, flirting with the Snow Maiden and hurrying from one guest to another. And Christmas - religious holiday, strict and serious, with a kind face and gentle eyes, smiling thoughtfully after his frivolous brother.

So, the New Year has died down, sparkled, danced, and Christmas is approaching. Are we ready to meet him with dignity? The holiday has an ancient biblical history, which is worth remembering for ourselves and telling the children.

Start your story with the parents of Jesus Christ - the Virgin Mary and Joseph. When Mary was pregnant with the baby Jesus, Emperor Augustus decided to conduct a population census and for this ordered all the inhabitants to come to their hometown. So Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem, Joseph's homeland. On the way, the husband and wife wanted to spend the night in a hotel, but there was no free room, and they stopped for the night in a cave. Such caves used to serve as the first floor of the house, where they entered directly from the street. They were used as stables: they had stone feeders and mangers, and animals were driven there at night. It was in such a cave that Mary felt the approach of childbirth. Joseph left his wife for a midwife, and when he returned, the birth had already taken place, and a bright light shone in the cave. Soon the light disappeared and a baby appeared. Mary swaddled him and laid him in a stone manger. So, in a barn, on a cold winter night, surrounded by livestock, the Savior was born.

The first to see the divine baby were simple shepherds who grazed cattle near the cave. An angel appeared to them and announced the Nativity of Christ.

Following the shepherds, the Magi, the priests-soothsayers, Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar also came. Their journey to Jesus was a long one. After all, they lived far in the East. One day they saw in the sky bright star and understood that it was a sign. Following her movement through the sky, they crossed several states and arrived in Jerusalem, from where the star led them directly to Bethlehem.

The sacred moment of Christmas is captured on many icons and paintings, and a skilled craftswoman will be able to embroider them with beads, for example, "Christmas". You will find a more picturesque, not iconographic, image of this miracle in the set for embroidery with beads "Christmas". The beaded painting “The Light of the Star of Bethlehem” depicts the moment when the baby Savior appeared to the world, illuminated by divine light. Cross-stitch "Merry Christmas" is a modern and tenderly touching image of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus in her arms. Also a favorite Christmas motif for embroidery is an angel who brought good news to the shepherds. A light-winged creature soars lightly over the snow-covered ground in the picture "Christmas Angel", embroidered with beads. Any of these hand-made paintings will bring into your home a solemn feeling of a holiday, so sacred for every believer.

What is the easiest and most accessible way to tell children about the Nativity of Christ? An adapted version of the story of Christmas, interesting and understandable for schoolchildren, you will find in the book " The Nativity". For the little ones, buy a Christmas coloring book. "Russian Bible Society" offers the biblical text in a modern interpretation and simple joyful illustrations. By coloring the pictures on his own, the kid will definitely learn the names of the parents of little Jesus, remember the shepherds who heard the good news, and the wise men who followed the star. Parents who are interested Orthodox traditions, it will be interesting to read the book “The Nativity of Christ. Traditions. Recipes. fun." By the way, do not forget that Christmas is preceded by a forty-day fast, which also includes the New Year's feast. But this should not upset believers who are fasting - the book “Merry Christmas. 75 holiday recipes for the Orthodox table "will teach you how to cook delicious lenten dishes, and you will be able to surprise all adherents of the traditional Russian salad, jelly and fried chicken with them.

The story of the birth of Jesus Christ is so dear and sacred to Christians that for many centuries they have been reproducing it in the form of the so-called nativity scene. Nativity scene - a kind of sculptural and decorative composition depicting the cave where Jesus was born, the most divine baby in a manger, the Virgin Mary, Joseph, shepherds and wise men. Masters often do not limit themselves to reproducing the cave, but also depict the surrounding area. Yes and actors in such nativity scenes one can sometimes count the whole city. Thus, people tend to show how important this event is for them. The birth of the Savior, which happened in a small cave and appeared to the eyes of only a few witnesses, actually touched the hearts of millions of people, and the good news about Christmas spread throughout many lands and countries.

In creating nativity scenes, people have shown extraordinary imagination over the centuries. Nativity scenes were made in different sizes: from miniature to realistic, with figures in full human height. The compositions were static or mechanical, where people, animals and some details of the environment moved with the help of built-in mechanisms. In the countries of Eastern Europe, a crib theater appeared, putting on Christmas performances. Puppet theaters also acted out the nativity scene with puppets placed in a box set.

Making a completely DIY Christmas nativity scene is quite difficult, but you can buy a prefabricated wooden model or a souvenir for coloring and paint them with acrylic paints. The composition "Nativity scene with an angel" consists of figures of an angel, God the Father, the Virgin Mary with the Child and the Magi. In addition to acrylic, it can be painted with gouache and tempera, which will give the whole Christmas scene a winter and sophisticated look. Assembling and painting a den with children is a calm and creative activity after January 1st. So you decorate your home with a traditional holiday Christian symbol. If the child is still small and cannot cope with the painting, offer him a similar, already painted, model of a den made of binding cardboard.

Left: 'Christmas nativity scene' model. Producer "Smart paper". Right: Postcard "Merry Christmas!". Publishing house "Sphere"

For any needleworker, the main creative object for the New Year, of course, is the Christmas tree. Let's try to dress up the green beauty in the Christmas tradition. Indeed, initially in Rus', the Christmas tree was primarily an attribute of Christmas, celebrated on December 25 in the old style. This holiday was extremely important for the Russian Orthodox person, and the New Year following it only announced the change of the calendar year.

What should a proper Christmas tree look like? Previously, all Christmas decorations recreated the gospel story. The top of the spruce was crowned with a Bethlehem six-pointed star, and the cross at the base of the trunk symbolized the crucifixion - an attribute of the passions of Christ. By the way, the star has its own sad story of "oblivion". When in 1937 the Soviet government returned to the citizens the New Year holiday, taken away for ten whole years, the “renewed Soviet” spruce lost its main element - the Star of Bethlehem. This Jewish symbol was considered indecent for a socialist society and was replaced by a ruby ​​five-pointed star, as on the Spasskaya Tower. Today, six-pointed stars are returning to the Christmas tree as a symbol of the very luminary that led the Magi to the birthplace of Jesus. You can cross-stitch such stars for your Christmas tree by purchasing the Christmas Star or Golden Star sets. Wooden blank "Star with a bell" Paint and hang on spruce branches.

Mandatory inhabitants of the Christmas tree are winged angels. It was the angel who announced the birth of the Savior to the shepherds, and they were the first to testify to his birth. The angel on the tree symbolizes the divine will. Paint the wooden star angels with silver or gold paint and find them a cozy place among the green needles. The most beautiful and graceful angel can be embroidered with a cross in a set of two balls: on one - the winged archangel Gabriel, on the other - the Virgin Mary with the baby Christ. Unusual airy and openwork angels are obtained from beads. Author Moras Ingrid in the book Beaded Angels tells how to weave winged creatures from small beads. More bodily angels come out of salt dough, and how to make them can be found in the book "Crafts from salt dough: new ideas." To take children's hands, invite them to cut out paper " New Year's angels".

Next to the angels, there must be bells on the Christmas tree. It was they who rang on the sheep's necks when the shepherds drove their flocks and went to see the newly born Jesus. Bells signify a divine voice preaching the truth. You will find a variety of bells for decoration in our store. Wooden blanks for painting come with a blue candle or with a red one, and a child can also handle the coloring of a wooden candle.

Such a spruce crowned Star of Bethlehem and decorated with angels, bells, garlands, apples, sheep and doves, will be a worthy reflection christian christmas. And your children, who took an active part in its design, will get acquainted with biblical history. If you don’t have time to dress up the whole Christmas tree in Christmas style, but you want to create just such a mood for yourself on the eve of a big holiday, then buy a simple souvenir - a wooden Christmas tree for painting. One of them consists of balls and the inscription "Merry Christmas", and the other - of angels with bells. Put it on your table on January 7th and it will create a festive atmosphere at Christmas dinner.

One of the most pressing questions before new year holidays This is a decoration for the Christmas tree. Try to make it stylish and beautiful with us. Check out our tips and don't forget to put them into practice.

Style selection

In order for the Christmas tree to look not just bright, but elegant, it is necessary, first of all, to decide on the style. It must certainly match the interior of the apartment.

Of great importance is the temperament of the owners, their preferences and a variety of palettes. Beauty is determined not only by the cost of the decor, but also by its harmony, as well as by the general perception of the whole picture of the result.

Christmas tree style

Depending on the chosen decoration, different toys, materials, forms are used, all this differs in palette and texture.

European

European decor means no more than three colors in the design. Scarlet is the most commonly used. Pine can be decorated with balls, bows, angels. This option is the most classic and strict, restraint and conciseness are inherent in it.

Russian

Such a garment does not have a strict focus on color and shape. By and large, you can decorate with everything that is found in the New Year's chest. The more toys, garlands and rain, the richer the forest guest is dressed. This is the case when there is not much decor. Feel free to hang whatever you like.

American

Red with gold - really looks great, but is called the American version. You can combine red with white. Both combinations attract the eye and remind of the upcoming celebration. Bright, elegant, uplifting and will fit perfectly into many interiors.

Minimalism

The minimalist style is positioned as one range, one color and one shape. Everything that hangs on the Christmas tree should be the same and in small quantities.

Retro

Retro will remind you of pleasant childhood memories, and the toys that you inherited from your grandmother and mother will look great on the New Year tree. In this case, the older the decoration, the more it fits the style.

Old beads, bows, cotton wool, ribbons. Numerous decorations will only come in handy, such products will interest guests and will be remembered for a long time. Elements are always glass, slightly worn and reminiscent of the past.

Classic

Classic colors are red and green. Having dressed the spruce with balls of two tones, you can pick up a snow-white rain or bows. Gold would look good too. The garland should also have a suitable color: green, red or white.

Eco

Eco-style is gaining momentum and continues to delight lovers of natural. Live spruce in this case is required. You can decorate it with everything that, one way or another, is a natural material.

It can be crafts made of fabric, paper, wood, and even baked cookies or fruits. An ordinary ball wrapped in paper or cloth will also take its rightful place on a pine branch.

Scandinavian

Scandinavians love white, and therefore it will become a favorite in this style. You can add red. Many natural products made of wood, textiles and paper are also suitable for decoration in this direction. Images of not only deer, but also any animals are welcome. Bows, ribbons, garlands will complement the decor and create a mood.

Champagne

All variations of beige and white symbolize the champagne outfit. Calm beige dominates. Shine of silver will add a festive sophistication. All shades of this palette are suitable: bronze, silver, aged gold, platinum, coffee tone and cappuccino. You can add dark gray. The garland will only work with gold or silver lights.

White-blue, "frosty"

The combination of snow-white and blue tones reminds of frost, the Snow Maiden and the New Year. Decoration in such colors will remind you of frosty days, snowdrifts and frost outside the window, and will also give you a magical mood. You can complement the decor with beige or gray ribbons.

monochrome

Decoration with a decor of one color will create a monochrome style. In this case, you can not stick to one shade, it can be blue in all variations or pink, or maybe yellow.

All variants of the chosen color will be perfectly combined, and the Christmas tree will cheer you up every day with its brilliance and festive look.

Elements can be from completely different materials, all kinds of shapes, and the lights are preferably the same shade or colorless.

rustic

The romance of the village is dominated by rustic. Calm beige is the basis of this decor. It is better to use natural materials such as straw, paper, fabric bows. There can be no shine, everything is restrainedly simple, without mother-of-pearl and gloss. Lights are preferably matte yellow or snow white.

Children's

For children, the most delicate variations of pink, blue, green, yellow are used, as well as heroes from favorite cartoons and fairy tales, clowns and animals, in the form of sweets, ice cream, colored icicles and powdered sugar. You can also use real candies, the child will definitely like it.

Choice of design colors, combination

When choosing decor, you should definitely stick to the interior. Look around and understand what shades prevail in the room. Creative approach is welcome. If there is basically only one shade, then it is better to dilute it, and not to match it, otherwise the festive spirit will not work.

For example, it is difficult to choose a certain style and palette for a fuchsia shade room. Repeating the shade, the spruce will simply be lost in the decoration of the room. If you dress it up in blue and white, then the holiday will envelop the entire room, and will not stand out from the general interior.

For a green room, yellow and orange robes are more suitable, and if the furniture is brown, then you can choose blue, turquoise and mint for the Christmas tree. And for a white room, in which there are bright options for different tones, a riot of colors is suitable, the main thing is not to overdo it with decorations. The most important thing is not to get out of the general interior and keep its style.

Preparing for decorating

In order for everything to work out in accordance with the chosen style, it is worthwhile to start buying the missing toys, jewelry and select accessories in advance. First of all, you should decide whether the tree will be living or artificial. This important point, because living trees are not symmetrical, and spruce branches are widely spaced.

If you choose a design with medium-sized balls, then the pine tree will look empty, and large balls will stand out too much. With an artificial spruce it is easier, everything can be adjusted to the required size, but it does not smell like a holiday.

If everything you need is selected and bought, then it's time to start decorating the festive spruce. First you need to determine how the elements will be located. There are several options. Which one will fit better into the home is up to the owners to decide.

Composition, decoration arrangement

Christmas tree decoration can follow certain rules or be chaotic, it all depends on the preferences of the owners of the house. The Russian version does not require a certain arrangement of balls, it is good to decorate such a Christmas tree with children, when you can hang everything and everywhere, because it is so interesting.

But more concise styles stick to the same design direction.

vertical implies the arrangement of garlands, balls and other decorations in a strictly vertical direction, namely from top to bottom. Such a spruce is stretched and looks taller and more slender.

horizontal strokes spruces are able, on the contrary, to make it more magnificent, and the location of all decorations should be either circular or strictly horizontal. Nothing can get out of the way.

Spiral Looks beautiful in single and two-tone outfits. As the name implies, everything descends in a spiral from top to bottom. Such decorations look extraordinary when tinsel and large balls alternate, which spiral down.

Not all styles require you to adhere to certain directions of decoration, but whichever you choose, any one should please you.

decoration

One of important rules- The tree should be commensurate with the size of the room. A small spruce in a large room will simply get lost, and a large one in a small one will clutter up the whole place and it will seem that the room is cramped. Compliance with the size of the room is one of the main factors.

Decorating a Christmas tree begins with its installation. The tree should be visible from all sides of the room, stand well and not stagger. Below you can make a beautiful snowdrift or decorate.

You need to start decorating spruce with a garland. Before that, you should check it for performance. Then large toys are hung, then small ones. The Christmas tree is dressed from the bottom up.

Large details at the bottom and as the tree grows, their size decreases. After the crown is decorated - it can be anything, the main thing is to be beautiful. And the final stage is tinsel, beads and other decor.

Decorating a Christmas tree is a very interesting and festive activity. Decorate your home with style!