Christmas Tree Original Name
In petroleum and natural gas extraction a christmas tree or tree is an assembly of valves casing spools and fittings used to regulate the flow of pipes in an oil well gas well water injection well water disposal well gas injection well condensate well and other types of wells it was named for its resemblance to the series of starting lights at a drag racing strip called by that name.
Christmas tree original name. Silver fir or european silver fir or christmastree. The first decorated trees were adorned with apples white candy canes and pastries in the shapes of stars hearts and flowers. The celebration of these ancient pagan festivals calling them christian is an abomination in the sight of yehovah god. The very name christmas combining the holy name of christ with the pagan mass pollutes and profanes yehovah s holy name.
The tree name red fir derives from the color of the bark on the old trees of this species. Glass baubles were first made in lauscha germany by hans greiner 1550 1609 who produced garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees. The popularity of these decorations grew into the production of glass figures made by highly skilled. Photo of a silver fir christmas tree.
Christmas is a great summer festival in brazil including picnics fireworks and other festivities as well as a solemn procession of priests to the church to celebrate midnight mass. Around 1890 candleholders were first used for christmas candles. In some parts of india the evergreen christmas tree is replaced by the mango tree or the bamboo tree and houses are decorated with mango leaves and paper stars. The first christmas tree was a silver fir.
President calvin coolidge 1885 1933. President franklin pierce 1804 1869 arranged to have the first christmas tree in the white house during the mid 1850s. Christmas tree shops is an american retail chain that began in yarmouth port massachusetts in 1970 as a complex of three small stores front shop back shop and barn shop the first complex on route 6a explains why the name is christmas tree shops instead of shop the chain s founders were doreen and charles bilezikian. Picture of a red fir abies magnifica photo of red fir needles close up view.
Modern christmas trees have been related to the tree of paradise of medieval mystery plays that were given on 24 december the commemoration and name day of adam and eve in various countries in such plays a tree decorated with apples to represent the forbidden fruit and wafers to represent the eucharist and redemption was used as a setting for the play.