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Christingle candles; Christmas decoration candle lights, lights in the form of candles used as decorations for Christmas, see Christmas lights; The Christmas Candle (2013 film) UK-U.S. Christmas film; The Christmas Candle (2013 novel) Christmas novel by Max Lucado; Illumination, placed in windows of Moravian churches and homes at the start of ...
Carl Larsson: "Christmas Morning" (1894) Ljusstaken on table on right rear of this painting The term ljuskrona was used in the US to describe both ljuskrona (lit. "light crowns", chandeliers ) and ljusstaken (lit. “light stakes”, candelabras ) even though, technically, one is a ceiling-mounted light fixture and the other a standing light ...
Gurley Novelty or simply Gurley was a candle-making company that existed throughout the second half of the 20th century. Gurley was known for making small, figurine-shaped candles for the main holidays, most notably Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween.
Angel chimes, also known as angel-abra, [according to whom?] are a form of Christmas decoration popular in Europe and North America. [1] They apparently have the same origins as the Christmas pyramid, which functions on the same principle. They differ from these, primarily, in being mass-produced from metal and might have bell-ringing angels ...
The history of the Christingle can be traced back to Moravian Bishop Johannes de Watteville, who started the tradition in Germany in 1747 as "an attempt to get children to think about Jesus". [2] At that time it was just a red ribbon wrapped around a candle; it is unclear how an orange came to be incorporated into the Christingle.
The Story Behind Nutcrackers. Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century.
A Christmas tree inside a home, with the top of the tree containing a decoration symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. [18]The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strassburg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.
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