英语翻译The History of the Christmas Tree The tradition of havin

英语翻译
The History of the Christmas Tree
The tradition of having an evergreen tree become a symbol of Christmas goes back past recorded written history.
The Druids in ancient England & Gual and the Romans in Europe both used evergreen branches to decorate their homes and public buildings to celebrate the Winter Solstice.Over the years,these traditions were adopted by Christians,who incorporated them as part of their Christmas holiday celebration.
Trees used specifically to celebrate Christmas are mentioned in the early 1600's in Germany and surrounding countries.The families would set up these trees in a prominent location of their home and decorate them with colored paper,small toys,food,and sometimes candles.As these people moved or immigrated to other countries,they brought this tradition with them.
Through the years many different things were used to decorate Christmas trees.As the world moved into the 1900's,many trees were decorated with strings of popcorn,homemade cards and pictures,cotton to look like snow,candy in all shapes and sizes,and occasionally,fancy store made glass balls and hand blown glass figurines.Candles were sometimes used,but often caused devastating fires,and many different types of candleholders were devised to try to prevent tree fires.Electric tree lights were first used just 3 years after Thomas Edison has his first mass public demonstration of electric lights back in 1879.The early Christmas tree lights were handmade and quite expensive.
Today,Christmas tree ornaments can be found in nearly every size,color,and shape imaginable,and they are used to decorate the millions of Christmas trees used throughout the world.

历史上的圣诞树
传统有一个常绿树木成为一个象征,圣诞节可以追溯到过去记录有文字记载的历史.
该druids在古代英格兰＆ gual和罗马人在欧洲都用常绿分行装饰自己的家园和公共建筑,以庆祝冬至.多年来,这些传统都被通过的基督徒,谁纳入他们的一部分,他们的圣诞节庆祝活动.
树木专门用于欢度圣诞佳节,都提到,在1600年初的在德国和周边国家.家属将成立这些树木摆在突出的位置,他们的家和装饰他们的色纸,小玩具,食物,有时蜡烛.由于这些人提出或移民到其他国家,他们带来了这个传统,与他们.
经过多年的许多不同的东西,被用来装饰圣诞树.作为世界搬进1900的,很多树木被装饰与弦乐团的爆米花,自制贺卡和照片,棉花看起来像下雪,糖果,在所有形状和大小,偶尔,花式商店作出了玻璃球和手吹玻璃俑.蜡烛,有时使用,但往往造成毁灭性的火灾,和许多不同类型的candleholders制定了设法防止树火灾.电动树灯首次使用了刚刚三年后,托马斯爱迪生有他的首次大规模公开展示的电动灯早在1879年.早期的圣诞树灯手工和相当昂贵.
今天,圣诞树的饰物可以发现几乎每一个大小,颜色和形状的想象,它们被用来装饰以百万计的圣诞树用整个世界.