Creating a Victorian Christmas Tree
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Have you ever wondered about the Origins of Christmas traditions such as the Christmas Tree? In this episode we will briefly explore the History of Christmas and the reason for the tree.
Timestamps
0:00 intro "O come O come Emmanuel
3:43 Brief history of Christmas
6:44 History of the Christmas Tree
11:42 Decorating a tree with the Victorians
26:30 Tea time and a Feather Tree
Sleepytime tea by Celestial Seasonings has the following ingredients: Chamomile, Spearmint Lemongrass, Blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, hawthorn and rosebuds....whew! 
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My momma grew up during the depression. She lived on a farm so there was no shortage of trees, but decorations was something else. The youngest of 9 children her older brother would buy her gum every time he got paid. She would save the silver wrappers to use as tinsel. I think I might investigate depression style Christmas trees.
That would be a fascinating subject indeed. I must ask my mother, she's 94yrs old and still remembers the Great Depression.
What a treasure to still have your momma! Please tell us what she says!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow So your mother is 95 now? What did she say?
@@kristinburton4953 Unfortunately , she didn't remember much about it... she was still rather young.
My grandparents - born arround 1880 - , never had a Christmas tree. They had a big wooden cross , decorated with greens , mirror balls and tinsel garlands .
That sounds beautiful
I don't think my father ever had a Christmas tree as a child. Of what decent were your parents? The wooden cross seems very Russian.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow They were Dutch . Roman Katholic . They concidered a Christmas tree as a fellacy. Hedon .
Pietje Puk sounds fascinating! I am in Ireland & my mother, born in 1930, says that as a child her family did not have a Christmas tree. Small sprigs of holly & home made paper chains were used to decorate the home.
@@feeonaghchambers7403 They were facinating people . With facinating lives.
Just fabulous. I just received 2 feather trees recently and am leaning towards Victorian decorating. Your house is a jewel box and you are the biggest gem in it.
What a lovely compliment! So true
Thank you for that! Lovely old feather trees are almost comical in their simplicity.
Yes she is. How beautifully stated.
I would like you to show us how to make some of those pretty victorian Christmas ornaments this season they are so beautiful...I have seen some videos... but the ones you made are way more fancier than the others I have seen...just love this video...
Your cat carpet or tapestry caught my eye. I would love to know where I might find one.
In this time upheaval and sadness, we need a time to unite and feel a sense of security and hope. this is very calming, thank you !
I love your history lessons! I learn so much about antiques from your videos and it’s fun because you actually use them rather than simply displaying or keeping them packed away as many people do. 😍
I've been so enjoying everyone sharing their Christmas decor on this quieter more solemn holiday season. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. I love the history
So lovely! Thank your so much 🎄🐂🫏🐐🐑
Love this video! Very cozy, very informative, and I loved all the picture books you flipped through. 🎄💕 How I wish more people made videos like you do here on RUclips! ✨☃️🎄
I wanted to read a story from one of the books, Maybe I'll do a super short video for that.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow Yes, please do. And why not, right?!
Oh Jeri!!!! PLEASE DO!!!!🙏🙏🙏😍❤️
I had a plastic bird like yours as a child. I wish I still had mine. I’m 72 now and miss so much now. Thanks for renewing a memory.
i had a pickle ornament. it's a tradition from Germany. my dad's side of the family all came from Germany. the first person to find the pickle on the tree would receive an extra present from Santa. i love old ornaments
Those Germans had a good sense of humor... silly pickle.
What a wonderful tradition
Hello Jeri🦋 you’re Christmas Decor is unique and natural, I loved it , natural resources is perfect,so. Sweet and lovely ,I enjoyed watching your lovely film .thank you so much again . Merry Christmas 🎄God bless and peace grace all of us 🙏💙🦋🧚🏻♂️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You have such beautiful treasures. Thank you for sharing them with us 🎄
I so identify with your videos. As a family tradition, Lutheran, we always got our tree Christmas eve and decorated it. There were 7 of us so you can imagine the excitement. Thank you for sharing your time and joy. I am enjoying every one of them.
Thanks so much, glad to have you here!
A lovely video. Merry Christmas to you and your family Jeri!
And to all watching this video...Merry Christmas!⭐
Thank you! You too!
It´s pronounced "Lowshah" (with the ow as in "now"). Lauscha glass is famous to this day over here in Germany. The tree is my favourite and most important thing about Christmas. When I decorate it, I want to do it all on my own, it takes me at least 2 hours until every bauble and every straw star and every little ornament has found the right place. I always do it traditionally in red, gold and straw, mostly. Colourful modern trees may look nice, too, but I just can´t do it. Doesn´t really feel like Christmas. And of course it is always a real tree. No plastic. And it has to go up right to the ceiling. I love big trees.
Jeri, you are now part of my Christmas tradition experience… Just finishing up watching your Victorian Christmas tree video and I have watched all your other Christmas videos. It is just like a wonderful, gentle friend teaching with such a beautiful, relaxing voice and enjoying the historical aspect of your life and home! Thank you thank you Jeri. You have made my Christmas time much more sweet through these years! So grateful for our Jesus who came to take away the sins of the world.
My husband and I are alone the first time this Christmas and you have just been a lovely companion…
Well I am so happy to have joined you and your husband this Christmas, if only in spirit. May the Lord give you a beautiful day and a great new year!
Memories of my Nam’s Christmas trees, they looked like fairies and elves decorated them! My grandfather would take me to the scrub woods in Florida and we would bring home a scanty pine tree and set it up in the Florida room. Christmas morning a beautiful tinsel laden tree, with cone shaped candy baskets and other delightful decorations would magically appear, this led to a life long love of Christmas and giving! Thank you for this lovely reminder and history! Blessed and safe days!
I can almost see your tree in my minds eye! What a wonderful memory.
What a wonderful and beautiful video. I do believe that the Dresdens you have are Russian ones, not German. The Russian ones are flat, whereas the German ones are more ornate and three-dimensional. Both are beautiful in their own way. Thanks for sharing your collection and Happy New Year!
Thanks for the info!
Oh, Jeri, simply perfect! Merry Christmas!
What a wonderful calming video Jeri 💚 Your videos are like a small vacation into a different magical world ✨ And your esthetic is so enchanting and unique
I enjoyed the German roots of Christmas, not sure if I pronounced Laschau properly.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow yes you did pronounce it right ☺️
Agreed!
I am from Germany and my Grandma had this kind of christmastree decorations on her tree.I can remember of all the silver birds.
Incredibly beatifull! ❤❄❤🎄❤🐦❄❤⛄❄❤❤❤ Thanks Jeri ❤😍👍
What a lovely collection of Victorian ornaments.. in such good shape. I am enjoying all of this. Thank you so much for sharing..
That tree is amazing!
Your trees are lovely! Can't wait for tea time!
I love the tapestry of the cats, it's all so beautiful you have a beautiful home Jeri. Love Christmas
Merry Christmas Jerri, may God bless you now and the whole year through. From my heart to yours.
Same to you!
You win hands down for the best Christmas video on RUclips. I loved hearing the history of the Victorian Christmas tree and was delighted to see your ornaments that were so beautiful. The feathered tree is amazing as well. Thank you for sharing , I am delighted!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This takes me to a time where one could enjoy the peace and quiet. I remember admiring my grandmothers tree. Pine cone elves, big fat colorful bulbs, and all gifts wrap in sparkly tissue paper. I would just sit in the quiet watching the tree lights while the adults were in the other room talking and catching up.
It really is peaceful to just sit and enjoy the tree with a pot of tea.
Once again the music is perfect. I love the swan in the beginning. The bowl with fruit and votives in the fruit inspired me. I'm going to do this. Thank You Jeri for sharing your beautiful Victorian tree. Blessings!!!
The fruit bowl is both practical and tasty!
In this chaotic and material world I thank you for whisking us away to your charming cozy home to remind us of gentler times with family and friends. Oh how we need this...away from the rush of shopping bargains and expensive gifts and department store decor. You are what my mom called an olde soul in a young body! Love and anticipate each video to share. God bless you...Awaiting the next one.
Our pleasure! I'm probably more like and Olde soul in an Olde Body...
Lovely. Simply lovely!
You made such a beautiful presentation.
Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄
I enjoy reading about the history of Christmas and now with internet watching videos that explore this magical time. Your video was perfect and such a delight as you unwrapped your treasures. I'm already anticipating the next one. Blessings
The paper crackling as you unwrapped your birds just made me grin. Merry Christmas!
Lovely video!!! Merry Christmas to All!!!!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you! You too!
OMGOODNESS! This video popped up and the music drew me in... I began watching and didn't realize I had already seen it, a year ago. I love it. I only realized I'd seen it because I clicked on the 'Like" button. Thank You Jeri for this history lesson. Blessings¸.•*¨`*•.♫❤
I collect the celestial seasonings tins too, I *love* them! 🥰
Your channel lowers my blood pressure in the best way
I remember my first Christmas with my husband. We blew the inside of the eggs out and hand painted holly on it with clippings of berries and other items. Fun making your own. Beautiful ornaments. Love unique.
How sweet and lovely!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow your channel has really inspired me. I actually made scones for the first time tonight. Found a easy recipe. I remember you having them on one of your shows. I couldn't help but think about you as I was eatingvone tonight😀Saw you eating them and then on when calls the heart they eat them. Thanks for your lovely channel.
Thank you for the lesson on the history of the Christmas tree. Your tree came out quite nicely. My mother use to have a collection of glass ornaments and it always happened that someone would end up breaking one, they were so delicate. Happy holidays to you.
What a beautiful video. So relaxing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your memories...❤
I watched a documentary last week about Biltmore Castle. While they were discussing Christmas trees he said the first person to sell ornaments here was the founder of Woolworths. A seller convinced him in 1880 to purchase them and only way he could convince him was to guarantee they would sell. He reluctantly put in a small order and sold through them immediately. The next year he ordered lots more and the rest is history! He said his sell of ornaments through the years was where he got a lot of his wealth.
That is so interesting and believable; I am sure that my own mother would have purchased boxes of ornaments from the local Woolworth's
looking at each beautiful item
I really enjoy your stories about the various tradition's, of Christmas. Plus watching your share, all your neat, ornment's! Saving thing's from our past, is nice...as your know. Thank you very much! 🌹❣️🌹🐈🫖🇺🇲😀👍
Oh, how I wish we were neighbours! We have so many interests in common.
My brother and I inherited my mother and Uncle Roland's feather trees and Uncle Geoffrey's stood in the kitchen each year. On the evening of the last day of school before Christmas, some time between the 16th and 20th of December, we each took a box of small glass decorations, also inherited, to decorate our own. No matter how odd it may have looked no adult interfered. They were our own little bit of enchantment. One year my brother put all his decorations along the nearest branch to his bed, leaving the other branches bare, but it was his to dress as pleased him.They were around 18" tall and suited to being on our bedroom widowsills.
The newly dug up young tree was put in a pot and taken to the dining room on Christmas Eve. Our parents decorated it when we went to bed and Father Christmas left our gifts under it only because we stayed in bed all night, get up before 6am and the gifts might vanish! After 12th night/Epiphany, the tree was taken to our family farm and planted out. My aunt would hang fat, apples and strings of peanuts on that particular tree for us to watch the birds eat when we visited throughout the rest of the winter.
Sadly my cat, then ten years old, had a kitty cat moment a few years back. Almost all the ancient glass ornaments shattered as the tree fell. I mourn them a little, some where my grandmother's childhood ones from the 1880s.
I'm quite new here, so you don't know me, but thank you so much for your wonderful glimpses into you extraordinary home and life. It is so refreshing to leave behind the stridency of the modern world and take tea with you.
Merry Christmas!
These are such charming memories! I can relate to the kitty moment; many a lovely ornament has met its tragic fate in the middle of the night, whilst the guilty culprit scattered quickly away.
May the true blessing of Christmas be upon you and your family, Jeri! This is beautiful! Hugs!
Indeed, and the same to you and yours!
Once again, a charming visit! Thank you, Jeri.
Thanks, very interesting and lovely video 🎄🎅🤶💖☃️🎶🎶🎶
Jeri, I just love your videos. Can't help but slow down , free my mind and just soak it in. You are a treasure.
Thank you so much for being a part of it!
I just LOVE and enjoy your videos so much. They give me so much joy ! Thank you !
I love that your videos teach me about the past, and I love the tea time at the end. I love looking at all your beautiful treasures.
I love this video. For some reason I have been interested in collecting birds for a few years now. I did live in Germany for 3 years but never thought that birds were a German influence. I am Scandinavian but married German men and my kids are very German oriented. The pickle is wonderful. My mother-in-law holds the German pickle by hiding it when we have a family holiday. The kids know to seek out the pickle that is hid out somewhere in the home and when they find it, they get an extra gift. I have carried on that tradition and have a tiny pickle as well as 4 other bigger pickles. The small pickle gets the biggest prize. Thank you for this video. Beautifully done.
Pickles, pickles and more pickles! I wish I had know the pickle tradition before I made the video. Such a cute little idea from a humble little pickle.
Hello,so many beautiful things, antique,I love Victorian figures,a beautiful tree will come out of it.👍👏👋
It must be such a dream to open up your Christmas decor every year and remember the history of it all. Everything is so lovely with age and patina. It's all so beautiful!
The history lesson was very fascinating. I love finding out when traditions start and where they come from. History is so interesting.
I hope you and your husband have a Wonderful and Glorious Christmas! Many Blessings!
Thank you, I hadn't opened those boxes in 3 years! Our last few trees have been simple Pioneer trees.
Thank you for this wonderful historic Christmas travel I close my eyes and i dreame of this magic world Take care of you Love from France
Our pleasure!
Thank you for your video, there are things I didn't know about Christmas ! So beautiful . Merry Christmas !
Your Victorian tree is gorgeous, filled with lovely vintage treasures! I always enjoy your videos and always gain some knowledge. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏻
Thank you Jeri for an absolutely delightful day!
Absolutely lovely! I think this is one of your best videos yet, Jeri - watching you unwrap all your treasures was pure eye candy! I used to put up a "bird tree" every year until I got tired of our kitties wreaking havoc on our poor ornaments. We would tie red gingham ribbon bows on the ends of the branches and mix in pinecones and berries. I liked to imagine that we were decorating it as the birds would! Alas, my beautiful glass ornaments have remained safely on their boxes the last few Christmases as we have now switched to a mostly felt ornament tree - the only (mostly!) kitty-proof ornaments! I still enjoy getting all of the little felt animals and dollies out, however, and they are much easier for our three year old to hang!
Your bird tree reminds me of one I once put on the porch decorated with feathers from my peacocks, chickens and ducks. I also hung apples and low hanging corn for my free range chickens to snack on. The only way to get a kitty proof tree is to put kitty out of the room!
Jeri, I loved this video! Thank you so much!
Mu hubby & I have a nightly routine of our cup of sleepy time tea every night, even if we’re traveling...which we don’t do much anymore. Beautiful tree & decor.
It works!
Oh how lovely is that tree !!!! Thank you ....
I have 2 of those glass bird ornaments that belonged to my mother....I treasure them!
Loved seeing your potting bench all decked out for winter with your collection of nests scattered and gathered under cloches, surrounding the wooden swan. “All is calm. All is bright.”
Beautiful Christmas video.
Thank you, Jerri! 🎄❤️🎄
I was so fortunate many years ago to visit Celestial Seasoning and go on a tour. It was really fun. The highlight of the tour was stepping into the mint room where the store mint...you can just imagine. My husband and I drink warm Sleepytime tea every night. It was my first herbal tea as well! Loved the history lesson and the beautiful tree.
I think I would pass out in a mint room, it would be so overwhelming> I used to live within an hour of Celestial Seasoning, but I never knew you could tour the place.
Absolutely magical! What a cozy evening listening to all the history behind the Christmas tree and watching your creation come together. I loved the tour of the ornaments and adore them all from the fancy glass baubles to the beautifully crafted scraps! How wonderful! My tree has always been a family history as I have some old heirlooms passed on to me as well as what I’ve collected over my life. School crafts my children brought home as well now barely holding up. Definitely eclectic. I’ve given so many away now to my girls for their own families but when I visit them it makes me so happy to see they are continuing with the traditions. I am an avid Sleepytime Tea drinker. I often take my tea and saucer to my night stand for a few sips right before drifting off. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together! ❤️
You've passed on great traditions to your children. Sweet dreams!
Love you videos. Relaxing, informative and just beautiful. Thank you.
Lovely
As ever, a beautifully presented video outlining the history of Christmas trees and the wonderful Victorian trees and ornaments. Really interesting that you pointed out about differences between pagan and Christian traditions that seemed to have mingled together. Looking forward to your next one. Greetings from NZ!
There are so many more symbols and traditions that need to be explored, one never knows where the road will lead...
My favorite thing about Celestial Seasonings Tea Co, along with the fantastic name, is that it was the first cooperatively owned tea company in the states. Their teas were my introduction to herbal teas, Red Zinger was my fav, and I've always loved the artwork too. Another interesting, lovely video-thanks!
I had nearly forgotten about Red Zinger, I used to love that tea!
What a wonderful storytelling way Y♥️U have, dear Jeri! Thanks so much! xx
I only just discovered your videos this past fall, while looking at Tasha Tudor videos. Thank you for taking the time to make these lovely videos. You're so creative and have given me some of the most lovely ideas for my own home. They are wonderful and have lifted my spirits so much. Thank you again.
Love all the history you share with us! So interesting! Your Victoria tree & feather tree are beautiful! I love the kitty tapestry. Precious! I am a Christian too & we celebrate the birth of Jesus with all the trimmings & festivities! One of my favorite traditions was to string popcorn & cranberries for our Christmas tree. Of course our children wanted to join in until they pricked themselves a few times & decided eating the popcorn was much more fun! After watching her grandchildren get pricked while stringing the popcorn & cranberries my Mother found plastic popcorn & plastic cranberries ( already strung) at a Yankee Candle shop in Massachusetts. We both laughed when she gave it to me. My Mom has been gone now for 14 years and every Christmas I still get a chuckle when I put the plastic popcorn & cranberries on our tree! They look beautiful & real! PS ... Celestial Sleepytime is my favorite too! 🤗🎄
That's a very funny memory... your mom had wisdom!
Hola Jeri, looking for articles and videos of the christmas 40s and 50s and older, I found her page. I do not know if I'm badly located but I wish I had live in those years. When I see your videos this brings me so many memories of that time and of my childhood, years in my house with my parents and sibling and many of them already deceased. I thought I was wrong but, I have realized that there are many people who share my feelings. See these pictures and all these things it shows; books, christmas decorations, old tree and her house bring me a lot of peace believe me Jeri, and I think the peace felt by all those people who lived at that time. Thank you for keeping these memories and blessings alive Jeri. I'm Ricardo from Panama...👏👏
I totally agree with you. I had these old fashioned Christmas's in the late 50's and early 60's and they were simply the best. We didn't need a lot of money to celebrate old transitions and family togetherness.
I love love love youre work.love from ireland the celtic irish witch.spot on jerry xxxxxx😙🍀🍀🍀🌹💐🌹🌹🌹
Thank you to Ireland!
I really loved the bells above the door ! Loved the whole video.Thank you so so very much Jerri !♥️👵
Those are shop bells, with the sweetest little tinkle....
Oh Jeri! Just as magical as ever!!! Love the Victorian era so of course I was just enraptured by this theme anyway!!!😅😉 Adored all of your little jewels & bobbles! I love Celestial Seasoning.🍵 I know they're not as fancy as a lot of teas, but I too have just been taken in by there cute boxes & tins since a child. Love the Sleepy Time too (probably because of the bears which I loved as a child!🐻) Every year I buy all of their Christmas ones...Sleigh Ride, Sugar Plum Spice, Gingerbread Spice, Candy Cane, etc. I really appreciated the story of the Christmas tree....thank you!!!❤🎄❤🎄❤🎄❤
You are so very welcome!
Jerri they are just so special !♥️👵
I love coming to your Hopalong Hollow through these vids, it's my relaxing treat! Thank you jeri, happy and healthy Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you for sharing the tradition of the tree ...and yours are both Lovely!
So excited to watch this!
Jeri, thank you very much for sharing all your treasures with all of us. Christmas greetings to you🧡
I just love that tree and all of the decorations. Thank you again for SUCH a lovely video.
Beautiful. Thank you.
thank you for all your trouble, wonderful settings and a trip down memory lane, ty Jeri
Thanks so much for the history class ☺️ love 💕 your trees 🌲 there is so much peace and love when you speak 😊 Merry Christmas and many blessings 🙏🏼❤️
Oh my goodness, I absolutely loved this video! Jeri, you have a way of making us feel warm and cozy😊
This was so nice to watch today. I really love the wooden swan and all your decorations. And the cozy mitts. Waiting for your yea time now.
All, your posts are just wonderful and I particularly loved this one about the Victorian Christmas tree and the little bit of history surrounding it. Your ornaments are beautiful treasures which clearly bring you joy. Thank you for sharing your magical world with us. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 💝🎄💝🌟💝
Oh my, I just love this video! Brings back great memories! I cannot wait for the next video about tree decorating!
I’m so happy I came across your videos I love the beauty that you share. Thank you for taking me away for a little while. I truly enjoy watching and listening to you. May you and your loved ones have a blessed Christmas.
Such a great video! Merry Christmas Jeri!
I was missing you Jeri. I so enjoy visiting your home. Thank you for all of your uploads, I enjoy them so much. They feel like hugs! You always make me smile. May you be blessed this holiday season.
Very charming handmade ornaments. Will consider making scrap ornaments.
Such a fabulous Christmas treat to see your home & trees. I adore feather trees - have 10, ranging from 3 feet to 7 feet. I recall putting some of them up 40 years ago and having people react strangely. I guess they were not everyone's idea of a Xmas tree. Each tree has antique ornaments from places I have lived, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, France, England, Italy, & England. Just so lovely to see your lovely display. Nina
That must be a magnificent display with so many treasure on hand!
I so much enjoyed your wonderful stories of Christmas and watching you unboxing your old and beautiful collection of Christmas ornaments thank-you.xxx
Every blessing to you and your family this season and beyond!!
Wonderful! Thank you! Brings back memories!
Just beautiful. Jeri, thank you and Merry Christmas.
Just beautiful. Thank you
Hi Jeri, thank you for the many sweet videos you do. Love them! Merry Christmas