Best Price: $49.95Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas
Decorating Christmas trees has evolved over the past few centuries. In the 1600’s, the trees were lit by candles that were attached with wax or wire. They started lighting the Christmas tree to create a beautiful effect. The way they started lighting the trees created a serious fire hazard. People didn’t normally decorate the trees until Christmas Eve. They would keep some water or sane nearby in case a fire broke out.
Christmas decorating got a little bit easier after electricity was invented. Thomas Edison, the inventor of electricity, was not the first to light a Christmas tree with his invention. Edward Johnson, Edison’s business assistant, was the first to light a tree by electric light in 1882. He wired blue, white, and red lights together and wrapped them around the tree like people do today. The general public didn’t use electric light for another 13 years on trees after Johnson lit the first one.
President Grover Cleveland drew national attention after he lit a White House tree. Even though the public initially realized that they could decorate their trees with lights, they knew that it was expensive. Back in those days, if somebody wanted to light up their Christmas tree, they had to spend about three hundred dollars. That’s the equivalent to about two thousand dollars today. The richer people held Christmas tree parties. The people who couldn’t afford it, still used the traditional candlelight.
At the turn of the 20th century, General Electric aired the first advertisement about using Christmas lamps on trees. One year later, the first wired light sets were for sale. The only people who bought them were businesses to put on their store fronts. In 1903, the electric Christmas Tree lights were made available for the public at a cheaper price. The first bulbs people used at home were designed to screw and plug in. That’s when using electric lights became very popular.
That was over 100 years ago and now decorating trees is not as big of a hassle as it once was. You can decorate your tree with a sports theme in mind, just pick your favorite team and go crazy with team colors, logos and mascots. You should try something different than traditional decorating. You should try decorating with a funky and modern theme because it will change things up.
You should not use the red, green, and gold colors if you want to have something other than a traditional Christmas. Many people want a white Christmas but can’t get one depending on where they live. I’m not talking about having somebody come put fake show on your yard. You could get the white, fresh feeling of Christmas without actually having snow. You just need the right colors. You should use blue, white, and silver as your color scheme. These colors give a wintry feel. You can add an even better feeling by adding aqua, teal, turquoise, as well as blue, deep green, and purple.
Having those colors will make unusual colored trees, like white and silver ones look stunning. It also works on a green tree too so be sure to not throw away your decorations if you decide to have a new look.
The Christmas tree should be the center of your decorating. You should also decorate your table to add to the attention. Make sure you have coordinating colors because you want to bring all your decorations together.
Maybe you are a die hard sports fan and then of course, you will stick with your team colors. This week, fans are going crazy over San Francisco Giants Christmas ornaments and Texas Rangers Christmas ornaments because they are supporting their teams in the World Series.
Texas Rangers or San Francisco Giants?
On Wednesday October 27, 2010, the Texas Rangers and San Francisco will line up for game one at 7:30 PM EST. The first pitch will be thrown out at 7:57 PM EST.
These two teams have made Major League history before back in June, 1997. It was the Giants that won that historical game in 1997, 4-3. The game took place in the Arlington ballpark. Mark Gardner pitched for the Giants and Darren Oliver pitched for the Rangers. Throwing out the first pitch that day were noted Hall of Famers, Nolan Ryan and Willie Mays.
This game was especially memorable because it was the first time an American league team played a National league team during a regular season.
The two teams will face off again this coming Wednesday night in San Francisco to a packed ballpark at AT &T Park, along with millions of fans watching and listening on television, radio and internet.
This will be the Giants first World Series appearance since 2002 and the Rangers first ever World Series appearance.
Based on the history of the two teams, some may say the Rangers winning it, is a long-shot. The Rangers had never won a post-season game before 2010. It took a re-building effort, along with key trades and acquisitions like, Cliff Lee.
Others may argue the Giants are the underdog. Although they played in the World Series in 2002, the 4 seasons from ’05 to ’08 were back to back losing seasons. Then of course there was all of the publicity over Barry Bonds.
In the face of adversity, both teams both have beat the odds and been rewarded with the privilege to compete in the MLB World Series, 2010
Many questions remain unanswered, such as:
Who will win this year’s World Series?
Who will be the MVP?
Will Buster Posey be Rookie of the Year?
Will Mitch Moreland continue to be a clutch hitter?
Today, sports fans can only make predictions. There will be one team to make history. I for one will be watching to see which team will win it all.
What is your opinion?
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