愛語導讀:圣誕將至，色彩繽紛的圣誕樹出現(xiàn)在各大商場，各條街道，那么圣誕樹的發(fā)展歷史是怎樣的呢，我們一起來漲姿勢。

　　The history of the Christmas tree comes as a shock to many. This famous symbolism of Christmas is displayed in homes in the United States, Europe, and in many countries around the world.

　　說起圣誕樹的歷史，對很多國家來說都是一個沖擊。這一圣誕節(jié)的著名象征物，在美國、歐洲和世界許多其他國家的家里都會被陳列出來。

　　The tradition of having an evergreen tree become a symbol of Christmas goes back past recorded written history.

　　圣誕樹作為圣誕節(jié)的象征，可以追溯到久遠的歷史。

　　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.

　　德魯伊在古代英格蘭和羅馬人在歐洲都用常青樹樹枝來裝飾他們的住宅和公共建筑，以慶祝冬至。這些年來，這些傳統(tǒng)是由基督徒，他們把他們作為他們的圣誕假期的一部分。

　　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.

　　在德國和周邊國家，專門用來慶祝圣誕節(jié)的樹在17世紀初被提到。家庭會在他們家的顯眼位置放置這些樹，用彩色的紙、小玩具、食物和蠟燭來裝飾這些樹。當他們要搬遷或移民到其他國家的時候，他們會把這個傳統(tǒng)帶到那個國家。

　　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.

　　經 過這些年的發(fā)展演化，現(xiàn)在會用很多不同的東西來裝飾圣誕樹。當世界進入20世紀，許多樹都裝飾著爆米花、自制的卡片和圖片、像雪一樣的棉花、各種形狀和大 小的糖果，偶爾，也會用高檔商店的玻璃球和手工吹制的玻璃雕像。有時使用蠟燭，但往往造成毀滅性的火災，所以會設計很多不同種類的圣誕樹來防止火災。電動 樹燈是愛迪生托馬斯在1879年首次大規(guī)模公開演示的電動燈后，歷經三年第一次使用。早期的圣誕樹燈是手工制作的，而且非常昂貴。

　　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.

　　如今，圣誕樹上的裝飾品幾乎有各種型號，各種顏色，而且形狀可以想象的到，同時它們會被用來裝飾世界上數(shù)百萬的圣誕樹。