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Christmas
Tree Lighting
Introduction
Christmas is a vital part of all our lives. And for most of us,
music plays an important role in our public and private celebrations
of Christ's birth. The Christmas tree is an evergreen tree (often
a spruce) that people decorate with lights and ornaments at Christmas.
One
of the most popular traditions associated with the celebration
of Christmas, the Christmas tree is normally an evergreen conifer
tree that is brought in the house or used in the open, and is
decorated with Christmas lights and colorful ornaments during
the days around Christmas.
The
aim lies in celebrating the day with the lights and the blessing
of the Christ ion the open for as days or too. This helps ion
the flow of positive energy in the house and the negative energy
flows out.
The
National Christmas tree Lighting
Today, on the 25th of December, the lighting of the National Christmas
Tree is just one part of what has become a major event at the
White House - the Christmas Pageant of Peace (first established
in 1954). Activities include
(1)
Featured guest performers,
(2) Strolling costumed entertainers,
(3) More than 50 volunteer choirs,
(4) Gospel groups,
(5) Bell ringers, and
(6) Cloggier providing live musical performances.
What
once was a single Christmas tree now includes a main tree with
56 smaller trees -one for each state, territory, and the District
- lining the Pathway of Peace. More than 75,000 lights illuminate
this year's display, and to signify the beginning of the new Millennium,
the National Christmas Tree will remain decorated with multi-colored
lights until midnight of New Years Eve, at which time it will
change to an all-white illumination, with accents of red garlands
and blue in the star.
War
And Peace Of The Tree
The history of Christmas tree lighting ceremonies is steeped in
symbolism. The 1941 tree lighting, following the attack on Pearl
Harbor,. Wartime blackouts kept the tree unlit from 1942 until
1944. Following World War II and the Korean War, the Christmas
Pageant of Peace Inc. was organized and the scope of the National
Community Christmas Tree Celebration was broadened to emphasize
the desire for peace through the spirit and meaning of Christmas.
On Dec. 17, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower lit the first National
Christmas Tree for the Pageant of Peace. It was the first time
the program had not been held on Christmas Eve.
In
1980, the tree was only fully lighted for 417 seconds-one second
for each day the hostages had been in captivity. And the peaceful
way of displaying the Christmas tree with lights is still on the
move. Merry Christmas!
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