Natalya Plakhteeva

The custom of decorating the Christmas tree came from Germany. There is a legend that the beginning of this tradition was laid by the German reformer Martin Luther, who was once fascinated by the beauty of the stars that strewn the firmament. Since then, the Christmas tree began to be decorated with candles, and a star was placed on the top in memory of the Star of Bethlehem, which showed the way to the cave where Jesus was born.

In Russia, the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree appeared thanks to Peter I.

Since then, Russian people began to decorate the Christmas tree. Previously, the Christmas tree was decorated with all sorts of delicacies: marzipan, candied nuts, dried fruits, candies to the delight of the children. Well, then they were gradually replaced by Christmas tree toys and decorations.

Nowadays, there has been a fashion for various designs of New Year trees in a certain color and style. It could be a lush decoration, a simple outfit or a stylish designer Christmas tree. Today there are no specific rules on how and in what colors a New Year and Christmas tree should be decorated. In any case, this evergreen tree remains a symbol of the New Year and Christmas holidays, unforgettable childhood experiences.

Immediately after the New Year holidays, on Christmastide (from January 7 to 19, our kindergarten traditionally holds a Christmas party.

In the process of preparing for it, we will definitely “redecorate” the music hall and the motley multi-colored New Year tree in other colors - silver-white and blue-blue.

These colors, in our opinion, further emphasize the solemnity of this wonderful holiday. Almost all toys and decorations for the Christmas tree are made by hand.

I offer several of my options for decorating a Christmas tree.

For work I needed:

Paper white, colored, for gift wrapping;

White paper napkin, plain and openwork;

Knitting threads white, blue, blue;

Knitting needles;

Small cardboard boxes;

Decorative mesh for packaging flowers, silver-white synthetic;

Aluminum foil;

Tree branches;

Loader for chocolates;

PVA glue.

I knitted pine cones from white, light blue and dark blue threads and decorated them with a silver bow on top.

I made bows from decorative mesh for wrapping flowers that look very light and airy.

I made houses, pendants with stars, angels and candles from blue cardboard, white paper, and openwork napkins.

I made large snowflakes from white paper napkins. And from blue paper I made small snowflakes with a figured hole punch and glued them in the middle of each large white snowflake

I made “Christmas Tree” pendants from silver-white gift wrapping paper.

I also made “Star” pendants from the same paper.

I covered small cardboard boxes with white paper. Decorated with strips of blue paper. The gift was decorated on top with a bow made of white paper folded like an accordion.

I wrapped tree branches in aluminum foil and attached white pompoms to them.

Such bouquets will be useful for decorating the window sills of the music hall.

So, with a little imagination, you can make original decorations for the Christmas tree and decoration of the music hall, where our Christmas children's party will soon take place!

Publications on the topic:

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Twice a year my children and I visit the Samara Diocesan Center to watch theatrical fairy tales shown by the children there.

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The tradition of celebrating New Year's holidays with a Christmas tree has entered our everyday life so much that almost no one asks the questions: where did the Christmas tree come from? What does it symbolize? Why is the tree an integral attribute for Christmas and? When did our Christmas tree appear and where did it come from, 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 has now become so firmly entrenched in Russian society that it would never occur to anyone that she's 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 decree in 1699. Here is a small fragment from this decree (letter " ъ"at the end of words is not readable):

“...now from the Nativity of Christ the year 1699 has reached, and on the 1st of January the new year 1700 will begin, together with a new century of centuries, and for this good and useful purpose, the Great Sovereign has indicated that henceforth it will be counted in Orders and in all matters and fortresses to be written from the present January from the 1st of the Nativity of Christ 1700. And as a sign of that good beginning and the new centenary century in the reigning city, after due thanksgiving to God and prayer singing in the church and whoever happens in his home, along the large and well-traveled streets of noble people and at houses of deliberate spiritual and temporal rank in front of the gate it is possible to make some decorations from trees and branches of pine, spruce and juniper against the samples that were made in the Gostin Dvor and at the lower pharmacy, or to whomever is more convenient and decent, depending on the place and the gate...”

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

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 tavern owners decorated their houses with them, and these trees stood on taverns all year round - hence their name - “ tree sticks».

The sovereign's instructions were preserved only in decoration drinking establishments, which continued to be decorated before the New Year. Taverns were identified by these trees, which were tied to a stake, installed on the roofs, or stuck at the gates. The trees stood there until the next year, on the eve of which the old ones were replaced with new ones. Originating as a result of Peter's decree, this custom was maintained throughout 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 the 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 tavern building... consisted of an old two-story hut with a high roof... At the top of it stood a red 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 cannot recognize it as a drinking establishment based on the Christmas tree driven at the door of the hut:

“We’ve arrived!.. we’re rushing through the village like an arrow,
Suddenly the horses stood in front of a dirty hut,
Where there is a Christmas tree at the door...
What is this?.. - What an eccentric master you are,
Don't you know?.. After all this is a pub!..»

That is why people began to call taverns “Yolki” or “Ivan-Yolkin”: “ Let's go to the Christmas tree and have a drink for the holiday»; « Apparently, you were visiting Ivan Yolkin, that you are swaying from side to side»; « the 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, " be under the tree» – to be in a tavern; " Yolkin» – state of alcoholic intoxication, etc.

Where did the Christmas tree holiday originate?

It turns out that many Europeanized Slavic-Aryan peoples 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 out over the twelve days of the holiday. According to popular belief, carefully storing 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 livestock bear offspring easily. Stumps of spruce and beech trunks were used as Christmas logs. Among the southern Slavs, this is the so-called bad guy, among the Scandinavians - juldlock, among the French - le buche de Noël(Christmas block of wood, which, in fact, if you read these words in Russian, we get buh - Russian butt - the reverse side of an axe-axe, it is quite a block of wood or a log; and but-yol is similar to a fusion of words - Norwegian Christmas tree or new New Year 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. All we know for sure is that it happened on the territory Germany, where spruce in Vedic times was especially revered and was identified with the world tree: “ The queen of German forests was the evergreen spruce" It was here, among the ancient Slavs, the ancestors of the Germans, that it first became a New Year’s symbol, and later a Christmas plant symbol. Among the Germanic peoples, there has long been a custom of going to the forest for the New Year, where the spruce tree chosen for the ritual role was illuminated with candles and decorated with colored rags, after which appropriate rituals were performed near or around it.

Over time, spruce trees began to be cut down and brought into the house, where they were placed on the table. Lighted candles were attached to the tree, and 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 made it possible to use it during the winter holiday season, which was a transformation of the long-known custom of decorating houses with evergreens.

After the baptism and Latinization of the Slavic peoples (pure-blooded Germans are not Aryans, but Slavs, or rather the Holy Russians - blue-eyed and fair-haired) inhabiting the territory of modern Germany, 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 not on, but on Christmas Eve, i.e. Christmas Eve of the Sun (god), December 24, which is why it received 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 a Russian word holy or light). From now on on Christmas Eve (Weihnachtsabend) The festive mood began to be created not only by Christmas carols, but also by the Christmas tree with candles burning on it.

A Christmas tree with candles and decorations was first mentioned in 1737 year. Fifty years later there is a record from a certain baroness who claims that in every German home “a fir tree is prepared, covered with candles and sweets, with magnificent lighting”.

In France, the custom persisted for a long time burn a Christmas log on Christmas Eve (le buche de Noël), and the Christmas tree was digested more slowly and not as readily as in northern countries. In the story-stylization of the emigrant 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... greeted me decorated, but Christmas trees, dear to me according to St. Petersburg custom, even if only the smallest one, in it it didn't turn out…»

Charles Dickens, in his 1830 essay “Christmas Dinner,” while describing the English Christmas, does not yet mention the tree, but writes about the traditional mistletoe branch in England, under which boys, according to custom, kiss their cousins, and the holly branch that flaunts on top of the giant pudding ...

Now, knowing the truth about the tree and the holidays associated with it, you can perfectly celebrate the Christmas of the Sun (read my article for details) without a 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 December 24th to 25th, and not in our style from January 6th to 7th.

It turns out that the entire Christian world is celebrating correctly Christmas of the Sun, and us Russians, as always, deceived And slipped We have alien gods, alien traditions and holidays, and on days alien to the truth! As you celebrate, don’t forget why everyone has 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 the New Year's tree. It was decorated with a five-pointed red star and almost completely deprived of its deep religious meaning. But is a decorated spruce, the smell of pine needles, the lights of garlands and various balls on thorny branches just an addition to the celebration and nothing more? It turns out that everything is not so simple. The Christmas tree has Christian overtones and symbolizes... However, read on about this and many interesting facts.

Christmas tree - a tree with religious overtones

It is believed that the tradition of decorating a 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 that Martin Luther installed in his house. Again, the exact date is unknown.

What did the decorated coniferous tree symbolize? On the one hand, the Christmas tree was reminiscent of heaven 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 remembrance of the ancestors Adam and Eve.

But the Christmas tree is not a tree of sad memories. Because, on the other hand, it - 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 tree decorations symbolize?

Once you have learned about the deep Christian symbolism of the Christmas tree, you understand why it is decorated the way it is.

The Christmas tree must be decorated with lanterns, garlands and an eight-pointed star on top of the head. Why does it have to be a star? And remember the story about the wise men 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 fir tree with a star.

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

What do all sorts of other decorations - Christmas tree decorations - indicate? 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 a little later, but first we’ll tell you how the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree arose.

Who was the first to dress 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 Christmas 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 calendar was now calculated from the Nativity of Christ, and the New Year began on January 1. To convey the holiday atmosphere, Peter I ordered to decorate Christmas trees and light the lights.

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

But by the middle of the 19th century the situation changed: in 1852 The first public Christmas tree appeared in St. Petersburg, followed by a whole parade of trees installed in meeting places of nobles, merchants, clubs and theaters. Then, first in wealthy families, to show their status, and then in ordinary ones - to the delight of the children - they began decorating 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 the advent of Soviet power, everything gradually changed. Christmas and Christmas tree like "priestly 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, party leader Postyshev got Stalin to rehabilitate the Christmas tree. She returned, but not as a symbol of Christ, but as a New Year's tree. And it was no longer decorated with the eight-pointed star of Bethlehem, but with a five-pointed red one.

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

We invite you to watch “The Legend of the Christmas Tree” with your children:

Take it for yourself and tell your friends!

A little history

For many centuries, spruce has been the main symbol of the New Year and Christmas. But have you ever wondered why the Christmas tree is decorated for the New Year? Everyone knows this tradition from childhood, but why does it happen that few people are knowledgeable about it.

An ancient legend tells that on the day the baby Jesus was born, all the plants of the earth came to worship him and brought their gifts. Spruce came last and for a long time did not dare to approach the baby, afraid of pricking him. She had nothing to bring as a gift, except sticky resin and hard cones. Then the trees and plants shared their gifts with the timid spruce, and it shone with bright balls, rang its bells and approached Jesus. The baby smiled, and the Star of Bethlehem shone above the top of the fir tree. That is why, according to this legend, it is the Christmas tree that is decorated for the New Year.

As for historical facts, the first mentions of the Christmas tree are found in Germany. It was from here that the tradition of decorating the New Year's tree with colored ribbons, toys and sweets spread throughout Europe.

In Russia, celebrations were introduced by Peter I in 1700. The Emperor ordered to start the year on January 1, to walk all night, congratulate each other, set off fireworks or light bonfires and, of course, decorate a coniferous tree. And this tradition still lives in every family.

In addition to history, many are interested in when to decorate the New Year tree at home. Usually, They start decorating the holiday tree on the 20th of December. It is not recommended to decorate earlier so that the tree does not lose its beauty.

Some people prefer to decorate the New Year tree as early as possible in order to fully enjoy its beauty. And some people like to decorate in the last days of December, just before the holiday. In any case, you must decide for yourself what date you need to do this.

Features of decorating the Christmas tree for 2019 with the Yellow Earth PigAnd

The coming year will be symbolic Yellow Earth Pig, therefore, the actual color is yellow and all its derivatives (orange, terracotta, sand, brown, red).

The main material will be wood. Here is the emerging trend for decorating the 2019 New Year tree: yellow or gold balls, crafts made from wood and other natural materials, gold ribbons, bows, and beads.

Let's look at options for decorating the New Year tree in 2019.

Wood decorations

You can make toys and crafts from wood with your own hands using blanks, or you can buy ready-made products. In any case, they will all look harmonious on the Christmas tree!

Photos of examples of decorating Christmas trees:

From natural materials

To decorate your Christmas tree in an interesting way, you can create interesting Christmas tree accessories from natural materials with your own hands: pine cones, acorns, chestnuts, twigs, twigs, wooden clothespins and toothpicks. Even from ordinary corks and twigs, anyone is quite capable of creating creative toys.

Yellow Pig Toys

The design must include the main symbol. New Year's decoration on the Christmas tree in the form of the main symbol can be sew from felt, from the remnants of various fabrics. And here a yellow pig can be cut out of thick cardboard and painted with paints, knitted. Try asking your child to draw an animal and sew or knit a holiday symbol based on the sketch.

Photo of the 2019 New Year tree decorations in the form of a Pig:

Video: DIY felt Christmas tree decoration in the shape of a pig.

Basic styles in which you can decorate

There are several generally accepted and current styles of decorating the New Year tree. Therefore, you can decorate a holiday tree without becoming attached to a specific symbol of the year, but by choosing one of the well-known styles and adhering to the characteristics of this direction.

There are the following styles of decorating a Christmas tree:

Classical.
Modern.
Vintage.
Minimalism.

How to decorate the 2019 New Year tree in each of these design directions will be discussed in more detail below.

Classic style

The classic (traditional) style, despite some pomp, allows you to decorate the tree in a rather restrained manner. Commonly used balls the same size and shade (gold, silver), bows to match the balls, cardboard figures, glass bells.

However, you should not overload the New Year tree with an abundance of colors and decor. In addition, to decorate a coniferous beauty in a classic way, you can use beads.

The classic style has not lost its relevance for many decades! And for the New Year 2019 you can decorate the Christmas tree beautifully and stylishly in the traditional way.

Modern

Modern means something modern, catchy, memorable, extraordinary. If you want to decorate your Christmas tree in an interesting and unusual way for the New Year, then you should choose modern.

Take the usual glass balls, which can hang next to decorative elements in steampunk style, bright candies and garlands of unusual shapes. It could be New Year's Christmas tree in one color, for example, all decorated in red or yellow. Can you do an impromptu one? tree created from pillows, computer disks, books, branches, sticks.

Photos of Christmas trees made and decorated in Art Nouveau style:

Vintage

Vintage is characterized by the use of elements that took place in past eras. And here you choose which era you would like to display. In any case, to decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year, consider muted pastel shades, wooden figurines, aged glass balls, vintage cards, garlands with large balls.

Advice! For a vintage look, pull out your oldest toys. Use thick tape or a regular paper clip to secure them to the branches.

Minimalism

Spruce in a minimalist style always looks fresh and never goes out of style. A minimum of balls, a minimum of tones and tinsel are used. Sometimes it is only used one garland so as not to “drown out” the charm of green branches with other accessories.

For minimalism they often take Christmas tree toys. White or silver look especially noble:

If you want to stylishly decorate your Christmas tree for the New Year 2019, then you should opt for minimalism! Minimalism will look amazing in any room. You just need to harmoniously select and hang decoration items.

The combination of colors on the New Year tree in 2019

According to the advice of experienced designers, when decorating a New Year tree, you need to adhere to the correct color compositions. If we take into account color of the upcoming 2019, that is yellow and its shades, and gold. But if we take world fashion trends as a basis, then in trend violet.

In any case, when choosing colors, see if they will harmonize well together. And also consider a few simple tips:

Red, green, mustard, orange, and white go well with yellow.
Use a technique such as gradation. So, the top may start with white balls, which will gradually turn into purple, and those into dark purple.
If you have an artificial white tree, then it is recommended to decorate it for the New Year with gold and orange balls. Just what you need for 2019!

Take into account the overall color scheme of the room. If the room is too bright, then it is not forbidden to use more muted tones, and if the room is pale, then decorate the tree with bright balls.
Burgundy balls and ribbons look good against the background of furniture made of dark wood.

The rain and beads should match the shade of the balls. For example, if the balls are gold, then it is better to hang the beads and rain a tone darker or lighter.
Sometimes a plain garland looks much more luxurious than with bright multi-colored lights.

How to decorate a Christmas tree: options and ideas

Ways to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year can be very diverse. Traditional decorations include Christmas tree glass balls, rain and electric garland.. And these accessories still hold the lead, but besides this, there are many other interesting ones:

garlands of cones;
felt toys;
postcards;
wreaths;
candies;
wood crafts;
bells;
bows;
ribbons;
Christmas tree beads.

You can use any one of the listed options to decorate the New Year tree or combine several. It all depends on your tastes and preferences!

Important! It is advisable not to combine all types of decoration at once - it will look overloaded. For example, Christmas balls look good with satin ribbons and bows, wooden toys can be combined with a garland made from natural materials, and antique glass ones can be combined with Christmas tree beads.

The photo below is a great example of how you can beautifully decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year (a combination of white and red without excess):

Get creative when decorating your tree. For example, a New Year's tree can be completely decorated with sweets or fruits, fortune cookies, cards with wishes, surprise balls.

Be sure to place the Yellow figure somewhere in a visible placePigs. A soft animal can be planted under a tree instead of the traditional Father Frost and Snow Maiden. You can decorate it with crafts made from salt dough.

Interesting decor ideas

If we take a standard classic live or artificial tree, then there are a lot of options for decorating the New Year. In particular, a very creative way is to dress it up with everything that is in the house and can fall under the concept of “Christmas tree accessory.”

These are knitted mittens, snowflakes, cards, hair accessories, artificial flowers, dried rose petals, burlap.

You can become a designer of Christmas tree decorations yourself by making them yourself!

Walk around the house, look in cabinets and drawers, sort through your accessories. Now you need to sort them by tone or size, and then proceed to design.

Below you can study photographs of the original design. Maybe they will help you decide how you want to decorate your Christmas tree for 2019:

Traditional Santa Clauses can be original and sparkle with new colors if you choose products of non-standard shapes and designs.

Openwork and elegant snowmen will do their job too!

It’s not a sin to decorate an artificial and live Christmas tree for the New Year with an ordinary one. burlap or decorative mesh, which is sold in specialized stores in rolls.

They will also look good wooden products, crafts made from cardboard and twine

A Christmas tree decorated with... bows. You can use bows of any size and color. Translucent bows will look stylish (as in the photo below).

Quilling

The spruce will turn out to be original and very elegant if you decorate it with crafts using the quilling technique (the technique is also called paper rolling). Just a few trainings and you will be able to create New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree using paper, glue, pens and your imagination.

The undoubted advantage of such New Year's tree decorations is the fact that you can make them yourself!

Photos of crafts using quilling technique:

Video: how to make Christmas tree decorations from paper using the quilling technique.

Flowers

They are associated with warmth, spring and summer. It would seem that they do not fit in with the winter holidays at all. But it was not there! New Year's Christmas tree decorated with flowers- a truly original and beautiful solution. For decoration, you can either buy flowers or make them yourself.

As for the last handmade one, it is recommended to make artificial flowers for the New Year’s tree decoration from a variety of materials: paper, fabric (for example, organza, linen), corrugated paper, satin ribbons.

Video: how to make paper flowers.

Christmas tree without a Christmas tree

But if you want something truly original, then you first need to be original. A DIY Christmas tree will help you decorate your room quite colorfully for the New Year. It could be a structure made from books, pillows, plastic bottles, clothes, disposable tableware and other items. We invite you to enjoy the creativity that was once created by someone and get inspired for an exclusive option.

There are no limits to imagination, even the most ordinary ones pillows have the opportunity to become a real ceremonial decoration of the house.

Video: DIY Christmas tree for New Year's decoration (kanzashi style, made of thread, made of corrugated paper).

How to decorate a Christmas tree

Although we have been decorating a tree for holidays almost since childhood, it is not always clear how to properly decorate a New Year tree step by step. However, there are several unspoken rules that will help you decorate a tree beautifully and make it the most attractive object in the whole house.

Here are the rules and procedures for decorating the New Year tree:

To harmoniously decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, you need choose the right place for her O. Do not place a fluffy beauty in a small room, and an overly small Christmas tree in a large room.
Strengthen it securely. If there are small children and mischievous animals in the house, then it is better not to use glass products.
Choose a beautiful garland with faceted light bulbs, a beautiful lampshade.
The garland is hung at the very beginning, in front of all the toys, then it will not obscure them, but, on the contrary, will beautifully shade them.
Use several garlands. For example, you can wrap one around the trunk itself, and the other around the tree branches.
Decorate the tree with the included garland. In this case, it will be better to see where each light will lie and what it will highlight.

For big spruce choose large balls, small ones will look ridiculous on her.
Large parts are hung first, evenly distributing it around the entire perimeter (it is advisable to decorate the bottom of the tree with large elements). Then smaller toys, filling empty space and preparing the tree for the New Year.

Preferably do not place identical toys next to each other, if this is not intended by the concept.
The final stage will be tinsel, beads, rain, sparkles.
There are several ways to decorate with balls: vertical, horizontal, chaotic.
You can put boxes underneath, edged with paper to match the entire decor.

By the way! It would be appropriate to display a serpentine or even regular confetti.

Video: how to beautifully decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year (+ decorating a white Christmas tree).

Street Christmas tree decoration

It’s great if you have a Christmas tree growing outside (at least in the courtyard of a private house or in a country house). In this case, you can decorate the yard and turn it into a real fairy tale.

When choosing a New Year's decoration for a street tree, you need to focus on two things:

Safety. This mainly concerns the use of garland. Only use appliances that are intended for outdoor use. Also, do not leave the device turned on unattended.
Sustainability. Try to secure the “outfit” as tightly as possible so that during snow, rain and wind they cannot fall or damage your tree.

New Year's decorations for a street tree can be purchased or made by yourself. In general, all the recommendations and tips listed above apply to street beauty. The only thing - Crafts made from fabric and paper are not suitable(there is a risk that they will deteriorate due to precipitation and wind).

Advice! It is impossible to cope with such a difficult task alone (especially if the tree is rather large). So, invite your guests, relatives, and children to decorate and create a beautiful and original composition for the New Year together.

In many families, decorating the New Year tree is a whole tradition, a ritual, a notification that the holiday holidays will soon begin, that the New Year 2019 will soon be celebrated. This especially pleases children who love to help decorate the green beauty, hang balloons on it, and collect sweets. It's fun and brings the family together. I hope these tips and tricks will help you decorate your Christmas tree in a fun and beautiful way!

Christmas tree and its decorative details. Where did the Christmas tree come from? Choice of design colors, combination