Remember, if you miss a day, you can always go back to view it on the blog and click the designer links! Here is a pic of yesterday's project from Tracy, Plum Cute Designs! I love how she added the ruffle at the bottom! Adorable!
Today I'm sharing some fun Christmas tree facts from the University of Illinois Extention!! I should have know Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas tree!
Great Moments in Christmas Tree History
- The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ.
- The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.
- The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531.
- Besides evergreens, other types of trees such as cherry and hawthorns were used as Christmas trees in the past.
- Using small candles to light a Christmas tree dates back to the middle of the 17th century.
- Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882. Christmas tree lights were first mass-produced in 1890.
- In 1900, large stores started to erect big illuminated Christmas trees.
- The tradition of an official Chicago Christmas tree was initiated in 1913 when one was first lit by Mayor Carter H. Harrison in Grant Park.
- The official Christmas tree tradition at Rockefeller Center began in 1933. Since 2004 the tree has been topped with a 550-pound Swarovski Crystal star. And since 2007, the tree has been lit with 30,000 energy-efficient LED's which are powered by solar panels.
- Every year since 1947, the people of Oslo, Norway have given a Christmas tree to the city of Westminster, England. The gift is an expression of good will and gratitude for Britain's help to Norway during World War II.
- Since 1971, the Province of Nova Scotia has presented the Boston Christmas tree to the people of Boston, in gratitude for the relief supplies received from the citizens of Boston after a ship exploded in 1917 following a collision in the Halifax, Nova Scotia Harbor. Part of the city was leveled, killing and injuring thousands.
Today we have Gail, from Gail Pan Designs! She may have posted already since she's across the way in Australia! She's a handwork lover- so I'm thinking a sweet stitchery design in a quilt awaits you! You'll have to check it out and see if my guess was right!!!! Here is recipe card and link to her blog! Enjoy!
See you tomorrow!!! Stacy
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Stacy, that link is from 2009! LOL!
Gail's Tiny Table Runner is just too cute! That link takes you to a 2009 BOM. However,
if you click on her Home button, it'll take you to her post and the pattern for the blog hop. Also, scroll down a little further and you will see another free pattern for a little quilt. It's really cute!! Read the post and you'll find out where you can find the other free blocks. (Block four - the last one - hasn't been posted yet.)
Stacy ~ Thank you for another great day on the hop!
Cute little runner
I have been really enjoying all your history facts and fun projects. I think you have a bit if spam in your comments here above.
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