Culture elements on Christmas you should know

Culture elements on Christmas you should know
你应当知道的圣诞文化元素

Christmas tree ornaments圣诞树装饰物

Not long ago I once ran across a blog where is selling the Christmas-based products such as "Mini wreath ornament tag" and "Snowflake ornament tag", etc. As shown below!

前不久我遇到一篇博客，里面在售卖与圣诞节有关的商品，诸如迷你花环牌，雪花牌等，如下图所示！

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However, I'm rather puzzled. What is on earth the purpose of these tags？Who can tell me？Since I'm in the circle of Confucian culture, instead of Christian culrure, it seems that nobody can help solve this question in my mind.

可我却极度困惑。这些牌子究竟是干嘛用呢？没有人能告诉我。只因我身处儒家文化圈里，而非基督教世界中。

Thanks to the great Teacher Mark who always teaches daily English in which his international followers/students are interested most. Just yesterday he had a live video on Facebook named "Christmas tree ornaments" as required, because many of his followers asked him to make a video on decorating Christmas tree.

感谢伟大的Mike老师。他总是教他的国际学生最感兴趣的话题。就在昨天他应邀开了一场题为“圣诞树装饰物”的网上直播课程，因为许多粉丝一直请他制作一个关于如何装饰圣诞树的视频。

It is the first time for me to learn that "Christmas tree decorations" are called "ornaments"! Ha-ha, I finally know the function of the wreath ornament tag and snowflake ornament tag in the pictures above! They are supposed to hang on the pine branches of Christmas tree, so simple!

这是我第一次知道圣诞树装饰品叫做ornaments。原来图片中的那些花环小牌牌，雪花小牌牌是用来装饰圣诞树的。直接把它们悬挂在圣诞树的松枝上，就这么简单！

He also posted a picture of the completed decorated Christmas tree made by his family. Very gorgeous and beautiful!

他也展示了一张他家装饰好了的圣诞树图片。

Today, we decorated our tree.
Some families put a star on top.
My family puts an angel on top.

今天我们装饰了圣诞树。一些家庭会在圣诞树梢尖放一颗星星⭐️，我们家则放了一个小天使！

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Wreath花环
(from Teacher Mark)

This household decoration is called a wreath.

这种居家装饰叫做花环。

Many US families decorate their houses with wreaths in the winter.

许多美国家庭会在冬天用花环装饰他们的家。

My wife and my mother made this wreath using pine tree branches, holly berries from our backyard, pinecones that we collected at the park, white and gold paint, and a red ribbon.

我妻子和妈妈用松树枝和从我们后院采来的冬青浆果来制作花环，加上我们从公园收集来的松果，通常把它们涂成白色和金色，再系上一条红绶带，大功告成！

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