Christmas Trees
UPDATE from 2020 Christmas Trees
Chairman:
“Our supplier was unable to provide The Hanover Ruritan club
with Christmas Trees for the 2020 season”
See you in 2021.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
The club has been selling Christmas trees in this same basic area
for about 40 years. Many a story or joke has been told while
waiting for a customer to arrive. This
fundraising effort goes to benefit:
Hanover
Youth Sports (Little League), Hanover Adult Center and Foundation,
Hanover Christmas Mother, Children’s Hospital, Stonewall Jackson
Recognition Program, DARE Program, FFA State/National Foundation,
Jamestown 4-H Center and Counselor Training, Fourth Grade “Why I
Love America” Program and Awards, Donation of Rudy Bears to local
Hanover Fire/Rescue Squads, Sponsoring Hanover youth to attend
"American Patriot Conference" (and other activities!)
The tree you purchased today grew only 6" per year. Each year
the trees are trimmed and a tree that is over 6' tall would take at
least 12 years of care to make it to your household.
Please consider buying a tree from us next year! We in the old
Safeway shopping center in Mechanicsville.
A HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
It is widely believed that the tradition of the Christmas Tree
began in Germany where evergreens were revered because they
withstood
the
harsh winter weather and remained green year round. It was believed
that the evergreen were a symbol of life and immortality and would
ward off evil spirits. These trees remained green throughout the
"dead" of winter. In the early 15th or 16th century,
the evergreen tree began to embody a more religious symbol as it was
decorated with apples to symbolize expulsion of Adam and Eve from
Eden. These decorations gradually began to center on the new-born
Christ and in particular, the star recalled the first Christmas
night and the star of Bethlehem.
The Christmas tree gradually became popular in other parts of
Europe as England's Prince Albert, decorated the first English
Christmas tree at Windsor Castle with candles and a variety of
sweets, fruits and gingerbread in 1841. The European Christmas tree
was generally small enough to be displayed as a table top tree.
Americans did not warm up to the Christmas tree until the late
1800's and early 1900's. Early tree displays were rejected in
American towns as paganism. This changed quickly and the Christmas
tree became a center of the American Christmas holiday celebration.
Americans changed the tradition by searching for larger trees that
were ceiling height, replacing European's tabletop version.
Americans also changed the tradition by introducing more hand made
ornaments and later lights with the introduction of electricity to
the household.
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