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Christmas wreaths |
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Though
the Christmas began 2000 years ago, the Christmas as
it is celebrated today started during the Victorian
era of the 1860's. Christmas is now celebrating all
over world by decorating every where and gift giving.
Christmas wreaths serve both the purposes.
 The
history of Christmas wreath dates back to the
ancient cultures of the Persian Empire and it was considered
to be the symbol of importance, pride and success. Around
776 BC Greeks were using laurel wreaths as crowns awarded
to athletes who came first in Olympics, military heroes
and kings in ancient Rome. It is also called Advent
wreaths.
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Christianity
and Wreaths have a close link. Christmas wreath
stands for a circle that has no beginning and
end as it is treated as a symbol of God's
eternity. Christmas wreaths made of evergreen
leaves and branches symbolize God's
love and mercy upon us. Green color
symbolizes hope and new life.
Advent wreaths
made with five colour candles
are often used by Christians for devotional purposes
during the celebrations of Christmas. Three
candles would be violet in color and
one each would be a rose and white colored
candles.
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The white colored candle is
placed in the centre of Christmas wreath. According
to the tradition, one candle is lit in each day
of the holiday season and the middle candle is
lit on the Christmas Eve. This symbolizes the
birth of infant Jesus.
There
are different types of Christmas wreaths like
artificial wreaths, fiber
optic wreaths, silk Christmas wreaths, dried Christmas
wreaths etc in addition to natural wreaths
with ever green leaves, flowers and colour ribbons.
Special
Christmas wreath are also made with Holly
branches and red holly berries where the holly
branches with thorns symbolize the thorn on Jesus
Christ's crown while the red berry symbolizes
the blood of Jesus.
Today,
many modern wreaths forgo the traditional wreaths.
Christmas wreath made with a variety of leaves,
twigs, dry flowers, candies, chocolates, nuts,
dry fruits, toys etc became most popular Christmas
gift for children. Recently costly gifts like
gold and gem ornaments, watches, gift vouchers
are packed with Christmas wreaths .These wreaths
are also now becoming popular and used for gifting
close relatives and intimate persons and also
for business gifts.
The wreath is an integral part of any home celebrating
Christmas and you can have it through online shops
with few clinks or even make your own Christmas
wreaths, if you can spare few minutes.
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