Already selected and thought out, the festive menu has been drawn up, guests are invited ... ready for the New Year 2020! Did you forget to decorate the tree? What is the New Year without a beautiful, fluffy beauty? She creates a mood, she awakens in us warm childhood memories, she brings the whole family closer and makes us a bit happier. Therefore, today we will talk about how to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, so that it becomes a real highlight at home and delights you and your loved ones all the New Year's holidays.
What will be discussed:
The main color scheme of 2020 is the year of the Rat
2020 will be guarded by the White Metal Rat. Astrologers say she loves lush decor, rich colors and delicious food - just what you need for the perfect holiday! Therefore, we spare no time and effort to decorate the house, especially the Christmas tree.
Based on the color of the mascot, it follows that the main colors of the year are silver, gray, white, black and gold.
Silver tinsel, balls and bells perfectly complement the deep green of the needles, these colors do not conflict, but mutually emphasize each other. Brown, on the other hand, is well dosed: toys with a “tasty” chocolate theme accentuate yellow or gold tinsel.
You can combine business with pleasure and decorate the interior with oranges, nuts, cinnamon sticks, coffee beans. Here you can find the pig's favorite shades and mouth-watering aromas. And of course, do not forget to put chestnuts and acorns under the tree, they will definitely appreciate the symbol of the year!
How to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year 2020 in different styles
Today, rarely does anyone decorate a Christmas tree just like that, without a concept and stylistic direction. And rightly so, because the unity in the decor makes the room harmonious and atmospheric. And there are a great many styles. Choose what is close to you and your family!
Country
Cozy, home surroundings of the hinterland. Touching and original, today it conquers cities. Concrete boxes lack warmth and simplicity so much that country music has become one of the most popular styles for home decoration. Moreover, the geography of the hinterland is not so important. Despite the fact that French Provence will differ from the decoration of a Russian hut, they will have common features, namely, cute hand-made things, a lot of natural textiles, natural shades.
It is on these details that we will focus on when we decorate the Christmas tree in country style. In addition to the classic glass balls, spruce can be decorated with miniature wooden figurines, gingerbread or cookies. The more handmade, the more cozy the atmosphere will be. If handicraft is not alien to you, then you can either make small compositions from cinnamon sticks tied with ribbon or jute, and decorate a New Year tree with them.
Shabby Chic Jewelry
Shabby chic is the heritage of the English people who value traditions. Residents of Foggy Albion often restored furniture and household items that they inherited, so shabby chic is an aged luxury, beautiful things with history, a time that has frozen in seemingly ordinary household items. Since shabby chic has become incredibly popular, today it is not difficult to find a ton of themed decor items and Christmas tree decorations.
What elements should you pay attention to:
- Lace, ribbons. Vintage lace bows are easy to make with your own hands. One has only to put the new fabric in a weak tea solution, dry it, tie a beautiful bow, add a thin string of beads and voila - the vintage decoration for the New Year's tree is ready.
- Beads, pendants. English ladies have always had beautiful carved jewelry boxes, a string of pearls was always there. When decorating a herringbone in a shabby chic style, do not forget about beads and elegant, sophisticated pendants.
- Flowers, hearts, bows, stars. All these cute elements, one way or another, are found in rooms decorated in a shabby chic style. Delicate paper roses, aged silver stars, ribbons and lace bows, wood hearts will become a cute and stylish decoration for your New Year tree at the same time.
Eco style
Everything that nature gives us not only smells delicious and tastes good, but also incredibly beautiful. Cones, acorns, oranges, tangerines, cinnamon sticks, coffee beans are perfect for New Year's compositions with which you can decorate a festive tree. Dried orange slices and whole tangerines, sprinkled with fragrant cloves, and suspended from a jute string can easily replace Christmas balls. A garland of acorns and chestnuts instead of synthetic tinsel, and cinnamon sticks will be a good substitute for plastic toys.
New Year's minimalism and Scandinavian style
If pomp is not for you, this is not a reason to deny yourself a holiday and not to decorate a Christmas tree at all. Minimalism and scandi are stylish and practical. One has only to put a compact Christmas tree in a beautiful wicker basket, or casually wrap the pot with craft paper, and an incredibly stylish holiday decoration is ready. The tree itself can be left completely without decor, or you can decorate one of the branches with just one, but very original author's toy.
Remember what Christmas tree toys you had as a child? Glass owls, pine cones, a clock showing five to midnight, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, so sweet to the heart and almost forgotten with trends in Western and European culture. Go to your grandmother, to your parents, aunt and uncle, for sure, somewhere far away on the mezzanine lie Soviet toys. Remember your childhood, show the children how the holidays were held when no one knew about Santa Claus, and the top of the Christmas tree was decorated with a red Soviet star.
Glamor
Luxury, brilliance, colors, sparkle of lights! If the Great Gatsby event took place around Christmas time, we would have a great tutorial on how to decorate your fir tree in glamor style. But what a fantasy to us! Golden sparkling balls, many small lights of garlands, lush bows, thick candles - do not deny yourself anything!
Vintage
Vintage items are very touching and cute, and if you can find real jewelry with a history, then you are very lucky. And if not, do not despair, the vintage style is very popular and today you can find many toys with an aging effect. These are slightly worn bells, and figures embroidered with bugles, and beautiful glass balls. Complete the party with a themed dress code and enjoy your time travel!
Rustic is original and a little brutal. It is similar to country music, but even more "natural". The abundance of wood and raw textiles, worn metal and natural stone will give the holiday a special atmosphere of unity with nature. Unpainted wooden toys, wicker and metal decorations are ideal for celebrating the New Year in the countryside, in a big house, or a noisy company. It's good if each of the invited guests makes and dresses up a street tree.
Boho-chic is a riot of colors, textures, ideas. Knitted figurines, balls painted with ethnic patterns, multi-colored pom-poms and paper garlands are a real feast for body and soul. Boho-chic does not like it when money is spent on it, but he really loves it when they put their soul into it. All decorations can be made by hand. Call your friends, relatives, sit on the floor and create, create, create ...
Unusual Christmas trees and their outfits
Someone is tired of traditional spruce and pine trees, someone simply does not have a place or opportunity to install a live spruce, and someone celebrates the New Year 2020 at the workplace. How to be, is there an alternative version of the Christmas tree? Of course, not alone! It all depends on your imagination and the materials at hand.
- Wall-mounted Christmas tree. In the case when the place does not allow to put a tree in any way, it can be visualized on the wall. Lay out with a garland, beads, spruce (pine) branches, colorful balls. First, attach the base (fabric or thick paper) to the wall, and lay the composition on it. You can fasten the elements with tape, needles and threads, hot melt glue.
- A Christmas tree made of ... anything. A spruce tree can be laid out in a pyramid made of any materials: glass or plastic balls, natural or artificial flowers, books, gift boxes, and so on, so on ... And the resulting pyramid can also be decorated with a garland.
- Professional spruce. At work with colleagues, you too can build an original, creative beauty. Health workers can make a witty Christmas tree out of medical gloves, atelier workers can decorate mannequins beautifully, builders can dress up a ladder, and confectioners can use profiteroles to make a spruce tree. Here is a photo of the most.
Christmas combinatorics or classic Christmas tree
If you do not want to dwell on any particular style, but want a classic, beautiful neat Christmas tree, then here are some tips especially for you on how to decorate your house and not turn it into an “explosion at a Christmas tree toys factory”.
Let's start with the basics: first we hang the garlands, then the balls and other toys. Otherwise, there will be terrible confusion, and it is good if the glass decorations do not break.
Of course, the main thing in a New Year tree is not what tinsel to decorate it with, but the atmosphere it creates. Everything else should just give you pleasure, be it a lush shining fir tree under the ceiling, or a small tree in an earthen pot. All with the Coming!
23.12.2016
Why is the coming of the New Year accompanied by Christmas tree paraphernalia? Why do they put up and decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year? The explanations for this are found in historical events and people's predilections. There is no doubt that people have always attached sacred meaning to trees.
Christmas tree as a symbol of the New Year in tsarist Russia
It is believed that the attempt to make the tree a symbol of the New Year belongs to Peter I. The new chronology established by his decree, from the date of birth of Jesus, was to be accompanied, following the example of the celebration of Christmas, with this attribute. A kind of impetus in Russia to erect a Christmas tree in the rank, at first only a Christmas tree, was given in St. Petersburg at the end of the 30s of the XIX century.
The sacred element of the Christmas tree in Russia
Belief in the mysterious possibilities of trees and shrubs predetermined their role in society. Since ancient times, the Slavs especially revered conifers (and spruce, in the first place), finding in them peace, vitality and a symbol of immortality. Tying colorful shreds of fabric on the branches of coniferous trees, people in Russia emphasized the importance and influence of the chosen spruce, pine, cedar or juniper on the events and phenomena taking place.
At the same time, the fate of ate in Russia traditionally intersected with human sorrow. In ancient times, the following customs existed (some are observed today).
- In the course of the funeral procession, throw spruce branches onto the road.
- Do not plant spruce near the house.
- To bury suicides between two spruces.
- Spruce trunks cannot be used for housing construction.
That is why, for many years after the imperial decree of Peter I, the tree could in no way become a symbol of the New Year in Russia.
How the tree became a symbol of the New Year in the USSR
After the Bolsheviks came to power, Christmas trees and holidays were canceled. Only at the end of 1935 I.V. Stalin uttered words about the need to live better and more fun, and for children, the New Year should be accompanied by entertainment, one of the attributes of which should be a Christmas tree decorated with toys and garlands.
Christmas trees and their decoration in the countries of the world
The meeting of the next calendar New Year by the peoples of the planet was not celebrated until the middle of the 19th century. What mattered was the day of the winter solstice, the day of the transition to spring. In the last centuries of the Christian era, the greatness of the main winter holiday began to go to Christmas. On his example and on the basis of centuries-old traditions, it gradually became a habit to make various trees and shrubs symbols of the New Year.
Egypt holds the lead in attracting trees, and more specifically, palms, to the events of the New Year. Its trunk, like the Christmas tree, is decorated with garlands. Many peoples of Africa do the same. For eastern countries: Japan, Korea, China, citrus trees are held in high esteem. They are grown in pots or tubs, and the fruits are picked at the table.
For the inhabitants of Central America, the branches of a coffee tree covered with red fruits have become a symbol of the New Year. For Greece, pomegranate abundance is dearer and closer to the hearts of the inhabitants. The most ripe fruit beats against the wall by the owner of the house in order to see the scatter of the grains. The wide spread of the seeds of the broken pomegranate predicts prosperity and happiness in the coming year.
For Catholic countries, the tree is an expression of gratitude to Christ for his appearance, his teaching and influence on history. It is installed for his birthday - Christmas. And there is a decorated Christmas tree before and after the onset of the calendar New Year.
Evergreen, with a variety of sparkling decorations, the tree has become increasingly one of the main New Year's objects in the family, school, in organizations, as well as in the central squares of cities and villages. Poems, songs, ditties are dedicated to the New Year tree. And now it is known that in every country, in every corner of the planet, there are symbols of trees, shrubs, flowers and other vegetation, creating the atmosphere of the desired amazing holiday - the New Year.
They were the first to start decorating a Christmas tree in Germany. According to legend, for the emergence of this tradition, we should be grateful to Martin Luther, an outstanding German reformer. On the eve of Christmas in 1513, according to legend, he returned home and admired the star-studded sky. One got the impression that they sparkle on the branches of the trees as well. When he got home, Martin Luther decided to reproduce what he had seen, so he put a small Christmas tree on the table, decorated it with candles and a star, which he placed on top as a reminder of the Star of Bethlehem, which showed the way to the place of Jesus' birth in the Bible.
It is widely known that in Central Europe in the 16th century there was a tradition to decorate a small beech tree with pears, plums and apples, which were previously boiled in honey, as well as hazelnuts. On Christmas Eve, a beech decorated in this way was placed in the center of the festive table.
About a century later, not only deciduous trees, but also conifers appeared at Christmas feasts in Switzerland and Germany. The main requirement that was presented to them concerned size. The tree had to be miniature. At first, it was customary to hang small Christmas trees decorated with apples and sweets from the ceiling, and only with time did it become a tradition to install a large tree in the living room.
From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree spread beyond Germany and took root in England, Denmark, Holland, the Czech Republic and Austria. Thanks to the development of emigration, immigrants from Germany taught how to decorate Christmas trees and Americans. At first, fruits, candles and a variety of sweets were used for this, but over time it became customary to decorate Christmas trees with toys made of cardboard, cotton wool and wax, and later from glass.
New Year trees came to Russia thanks to Peter the Great. While still a very young man, he visited his friends in Germany, where he saw a strange tree decorated with sweets and apples, and got very pleasant impressions from this sight. After Peter ascended the throne, funny Christmas trees in the manner seen in Europe appeared in Russia. On the central streets and near the houses of noble people, decorations from coniferous trees and their branches were installed.
Over time, when Peter the Great was gone, everyone forgot about the newfangled custom. The tree became a popular Christmas attribute only a century later. In 1817, Princess Charlotte appeared at the Russian court, who became the wife of Prince Nikolai Pavlovich. On her initiative, a tradition arose in Russia to decorate the New Year's table with bouquets of spruce branches. In 1819, the first festive tree appeared in the Anichkov Palace, which, under the influence of his wife, was installed by Nikolai Pavlovich, and 1852 was the year of the demonstration of the first decorated Christmas tree in public. She appeared in the premises of the Ekaterininsky (later Moskovsky) railway station in St. Petersburg. After that, there was a surge in the popularity of Christmas trees. Wealthy Russians began to prescribe expensive European jewelry and hold festive parties for children.
Christmas card, 19th century The New Year tree perfectly reflected the Christian tenets. Fruits, sweets and toys with which she was decorated were a symbol of the gifts brought to the newborn Jesus. The candles served as a reminder of how the Holy Family's place of residence was illuminated. In addition, a star flaunted on the top of the spruce, which served as a symbol of the Bethlehem star, which appeared in the sky at the time of the birth of Christ and showed the Magi the way to him. All this contributed to the transformation of the tree into a Christmas symbol.
The First World War was a period of refusal to decorate the Christmas tree as an enemy tradition that came from hostile Germany. Nicholas II introduced a ban on it, which was canceled after the October Revolution. A public New Year tree of the Soviet era was first installed on December 31, 1917 on the territory of the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in St. Petersburg.
Another ban on the use of a decorated Christmas tree as a festive symbol came in 1926, when this tradition was called anti-Soviet by the Central Committee of the Communist Party. An active anti-religious work was carried out, within the framework of which, in particular, it was forbidden to celebrate Christmas. Therefore, the use of any Christmas attributes was out of the question.
However, by 1935, the holiday tree was experiencing a revival again. On December 28, the newspaper Pravda published an article about the organization of the installation of a New Year tree for children. This proposal came from Postyshev, the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and received the support of Stalin.
On the eve of 1938, a 15-meter Christmas tree was installed in the House of Unions, decorated with 10 thousand toys, which became the central element of the children's festive matinee. Since then, such events have become traditional and the Christmas tree in the House of Unions was considered the main Christmas tree of the country. Since 1976, this title has passed to the Christmas tree installed in the Kremlin. Originally a symbol of Christmas, the decorated Christmas tree has gradually evolved into a New Year's attribute. The tradition of decorating the Christmas tree with fruits and sweets has also gradually transformed. Christmas decorations have become a reflection of the era. They depicted pioneers blowing horns and portraits of members of the Politburo, and during the Second World War, toys with weapons, paratroopers and nursing dogs appeared. Later, military-themed pictures were replaced by snowflakes with hammer and sickle depicted on them, airplanes and cars. In Khrushchev's times, corn cobs, tractors and hockey players appeared on the Christmas trees, and after a while - fairy-tale characters and everything related to space.
Postcard from Soviet times with New Year tree | depositphotos - nadi555 Today there are many different styles of decorating a Christmas tree. The traditional option is to decorate the Christmas tree with colored glass toys, tinsel and electric garlands. In the last century, there has been a transition from natural to artificial trees, which sometimes very realistically imitate living trees. Some of them are stylized and do not involve the use of additional decorations. There is also a fashion for certain color schemes of the Christmas tree decor. The tree can be blue, red, gold, silver, or any other color. Laconicism and minimalism are in fashion. Garlands with lights are invariably used to decorate the Christmas tree, however, these are often no longer electric bulbs, but LEDs.
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We all looked about "Yolki" and, probably, many of you are wondering why there are fir trees, because there is no talk of this beautiful tree in principle. Let me explain one thing, that the trees have become a symbol in Russia and around the world. And why exactly the tree will tell you further. 
So why exactly a tree? The custom of decorating a Christmas tree was introduced to Russia from Europe. This happened back in the 18th century, the first Christmas tree, like many other things (potatoes, navy), was decorated in Russia even under Peter I. It so happened that for a long time people believed that the soul of a deceased person moved into a tree. Souls can be both good and bad. That is why it is customary to decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year in order to appease the spirit. 
So, all the same, why a Christmas tree? Spruce remains green throughout the year. Our ancestors believed that trees that remain green all year round are the favorites of the Sun God. The Sun God has been considered the main God in many cultures. Therefore, the choice was made on them. 
As mentioned earlier, Peter I was the first to decide to introduce the custom, but the custom did not take root for almost 100 years. It was only in 1852 that the first public Christmas tree appeared in Russia. In the USSR, at first, these trees were considered a bourgeois attribute and were banned (hard to believe!). But in 1935 the ban was lifted, and from 1949 January 1 was declared a day off.
By the way, at first, the trees were decorated with various fruits and other things: apples, nuts, cookies. Such jewelry first appeared in Germany. After that, they changed a lot. During the war years, toys were made from cotton wool and other materials at hand. But then they began to be produced as a whole new market. The first glass Christmas tree ball was made in Thuringia (Saxony) in the 16th century. The serial production of Christmas tree decorations was also launched there for the first time. Now they can be found for every taste and color. Squeak of fashion among Christmas tree decorations today - shatterproof balls made of fiberglass. Their range is expanding every year. Mirror, matte, marble and snow balls are offered in a variety of colors. Unusual decorations - mirror mosaics and transparent figurines: angels, umbrellas, shoes
The fashion to decorate conifers for the New Year and Christmas came to us long before the widespread spread of Christianity. In ancient Russia, it was believed that spirits live in the branches of firs, which people tried to appease, decorating their "place of residence" with various decorative elements. It was believed that the presence of such trees in the house would become a symbol of the fact that people living here will always be happy, surrounded by the blessing of higher powers.
For the first time, the custom of installing a fir tree in the house for Christmas appeared in the 7-8th centuries, when Saint Boniface, in order to attract pagans in Germany to Christianity, cut down an oak tree, which was sacred for the latter. Thus, the preacher wanted to show that the anger of the god Thor, to whom the Germans prayed, would not befall him. The oak, falling, knocked down several other trees with it, and only one spruce remained standing. After that Boniface called it “the tree of the Christ Child”, after which Christians everywhere began to decorate their homes with this blessed element.
Initially, spruce was not decorated, but simply placed in the house. For the first time the decoration was placed on it by Martin Luther in 1513. He placed a star on the very top of the tree in memory of the Star of Bethlehem. After that, other Christmas elements began to appear on the tree. This custom was brought to Russia by Peter I in 1700. The ruler ordered all his fellow citizens to celebrate the arrival of the New Year on January 1, issuing a decree that houses and streets on this day should be decorated with spruce and juniper branches.
However, among ordinary people, this custom did not take root too much, since ate was associated with death for everyone. It was customary to cover the road with spruce branches in front of the coffin with the deceased, who were thus seen off on their last journey. Accordingly, such trees did not cause fun. The revival of the tradition was taken up by the wife of Tsar Nicholas I - Alexandra Feodorovna. She commanded with the arrival of the new year in 1818 to decorate the royal chambers with spruce with sweets and toys. And already in 1840, the first Christmas tree bazaars began to open in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where enterprising vendors offered customers festive trees of various splendor.
After the October Revolution, the tree was associated with religion for another 20 years and was under an unspoken ban. Only in 1935 the newspaper Pravda first published an article on how to organize a holiday for children, and it featured a New Year tree. Joseph Stalin agreed that the presence of this tree would be an excellent reason for joy, and after that the tree ceased to be a prohibited element of the holiday.
Nowadays, the tree is an invariable attribute of fun and joy. It is installed in almost every home and decorated with toys and garlands on the eve of Christmas and New Years.
