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Washington has several official Christmas trees, which are often misidentified by the media. A guide to which tree is which.

Important things in Washington often come in threes. There are political institutions: Congress, White House, and Supreme Court. There are sports teams: baseball Nationals, basketball Wizards, and hockey Capitals. (The football Redskins are so bad this year Decoder is counting them out.)

And there are Christmas trees. Three nice ones, which every year jostle their branches and flick their globes at each other in a competition to be Washington’s most glamorous.

Most Americans may vaguely think there is something called the National Christmas Tree, cut down somewhere snowy every year by a guy with a dog and a sled and trucked to the White House, where it is presented to the first lady, who invites the guy and his dog in for cookies and punch.

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Officials who planned the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, determined that Christmas is, almost by definition, a religious holiday.  And Christmas trees, which Denmark grows and exports by the millions, are religious symbols.

So they ruled that fir trees in the vicinity of the summit meetings must go undecorated.

The Danes are by no means alone in this viewpoint.  An entire Florida county and several U.S. schools have banned decorated trees from public spaces.  The architect of the United States Capitol instructed children in Arizona who were making ornaments for this year’s Christmas tree in the nation’s capitol, that none could have a religious theme.  That office later relented, and the tree now includes one that wishes happy birthday to the child who Christians believe was the son of God.

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The Christmas tree has become one of the most beloved Christmas symbols, it’s a reason for children to be happy, for the family to join and to enjoy. The tree decoration is a ritual for the Christmas Eve. It’s then when comes Santa Clouse, offering gifts and happiness to the quiet and wise children. He uses to say: “Behave yourself!”.

We have some advices for you to decorate the perfect Christmas tree:

First, it’s not indicated to use too many colors of the tree decorations. It will be perfect to limit on tow colors: red and golden, for an warm and intimate atmosphere, white and blue in a ceremonious air, white and golden or silver combination color is to complete a simple and discreet Christmas design. We recommend you to decorate the Christmas tree with contrasting colors, to distinguish your design.

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Christmas tree

A Christmas tree is one of the most popular traditions in the world associated with the celebration of Christmas. It is normally an evergreen coniferous tree that is brought into a home or used in the open, and is decorated with Christmas lights and colorful ornaments during the days around Christmas.

Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve (24 December), and then removed the day after twelfth night (6 January); to have a tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck and even a sin. Modern commercialisation of Christmas has however resulted in trees being put up much earlier; in shops often as early as late October. A common tradition in U.S. homes is to put the tree up right after Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November) and to take it down right after the New Year.

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