Christmas tree

English 2024 December 25 Etymology en dóruen ine-pro *gʰer- rub *mey- change u1f384 🎄 vertical A1 Christmas Tree photo.jpg A Christmas tree (en decoration). GAFB Christmas Tree Alert Apron.png A diagram of the Christmas tree (en alert area) at the former Glasgow Air Force Base in Montana, USA. Drag racing christmas tree.jpg A Christmas tree (en motor racing) used to signal the start of a drag race. Obenor 2 oil well - wellhead - Arnegard North Dakota - 2013-07-04.jpg The Christmas tree (en oil industry) at the top of a wellhead in North Dakota, USA. Moodjar 301216 gnangarra-107.JPG A moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda species), also known as a Christmas tree (en moodjar). Christmas tree - 2011-12-24 (6561680013).jpg The pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa species) is also known as the Christmas tree or New Zealand Christmas tree (en pohutukawa). From en Christmas tree 1 exocentric, a en de Weynacht Baum 1 obsolete 17th c., de Weihnachtsbaum, from de Weynacht, de Weihnacht (literary or poetic variant of de Weihnachten Christmas) + de -s- genitive interfix + de Baum tree. The custom of Christmas trees was adopted in the United Kingdom from Germany in the 19th century, having been popularized by their use by the royal family during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901.n 9071374419 December 2024 1; n en Christmas party 1 (“Christmas party”) refers to the fact that there is usually a Christmas tree (en decoration) at the event. Pronunciation krĭsʹ-məs-trē RP, en /ˈkɹɪsməs tɹiː/ en /ˈkɹɪsməs ˌtɹi/ GA en En-us-Christmas tree.oga GA en En-ca-Christmas tree.ogg CA en Christ mas tree Noun en decoration An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season. en holiday tree Yule tree en tree en Charlie Brown Christmas tree Charlie Brown's Christmas tree Charlie Brown tree en 1807 Augustus von Kotzebue XI [anonymous] The Pastor’s Daughter, with Other Romances.From the German of Augustus von Kotzebue, Author of The Stranger, Lover’s Vows, Pizarro, &c. In Four Volumes. Second Edition. 2nd London Printed for Henry Colburn,(English and Foreign Library,) No. 48, Conduit Street, New Bond Street. I 220 https://books.google.com/books?id=MXYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA220 656311156 "I and your mother," he wrote, "sit in the evenings, and gild apples and nuts, because we intend to dress up a Christmas tree," A translation of a German work. en 20 September 1856 The Grand Coronation Dinner w:The Illustrated London News London William Little198, Strand. XXIX 296 https://archive.org/details/illustrated-london-news-1850-1859/1856/Illustrated%20London%20News%20%25230821v029%20(1856-09-20)%20(BNA)/page/296/mode/1up 3 8106790712 At the head of every table there was a sheep roasted whole, the horns gilt, and the nose tipped with silver. All the fruits were hung upon Christmas trees. en 1934 John N[icholas] Then Christmas Customs in Other Lands Christmas: A Collection of Christmaslore Milwaukee, Wis. The Bruce Publishing Company part 2 (Christmas Customs) 45–46 https://archive.org/details/christmas0000unse_f2p0/page/46/mode/1up 1653667 It was in 1840 that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had a Christmas tree and so it became fashionable in England. en 1958 October 19 (date recorded) w:Johnny Marks w:Brenda Lee Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree Decca 9-30776 [Santa Monica, Calif.] w:Decca Records 24 November 1958 Rockin' around the Christmas tree / At the Christmas party hop / Mistletoe hung where you can see / Every couple tries to stop / Rockin' around the Christmas tree / Let the Christmas spirit ring / Later we'll have some pumpkin pie / And we'll do some caroling en 1960 O Christmas Tree Ann McGovern Treasury of Christmas Stories New York, N.Y. The Four Winds Press, Scholastic Magazines 78 https://archive.org/details/treasuryofchrist0000annm_l5o4/page/78/mode/1up 6966262 O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, / Your branches green delight us! / O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, / Your branches green delight us. / They're green when summer days are bright; / They're green when winter snow is white. / O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, / Your branches green delight us. en 1994 w:Stephen Fry 2 w:The Hippopotamus London Quality Paperbacks Direct 25 https://archive.org/details/hippopotamus0000step/page/25/mode/1up At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision. en 1994 August (date recorded) w:Mariah Carey; w:Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas is You Merry Christmas Nashville, Tenn. w:Columbia Records 29 October 1994 1344347193 I don't want a lot for Christmas / There is just one thing I need / I don't care about the presents / Underneath the Christmas tree / I just want you for my own / More than you could ever know / Make my wish come true / All I want for Christmas is you en 2023 December 27 David Turner Silent Lines … Rail Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Bauer Media 999 29 0953-4563 999467860 In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station. en by extension Something which resembles a Christmas tree (en decoration) in appearance (for example, in having coloured lights) or shape. en informal Something which is elaborately decorated. en 20 May 1985 Ellen Benoit Fit to Fight: Despite Advances in Technology since 1945, the Essential Weapon in the U.S. Arsenal is still the American GI James W[alker] Michaels w:Forbes New York, N.Y. Forbes, Inc. 135 11 230 https://archive.org/details/forbes135aprforb/page/n1135/mode/1up 3 0015-6914 1088420850 The modern infantryman is a Christmas tree of weaponry, with grenades and extra ammunition hanging from all parts of his upper body. en bodybuilding A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer. en 2013 Cory Gregory Get Jacked! The 1,000 Rep Workout Fitness Rx Seatauket, N.Y. Advanced Research Press 11 4 56 1543-8406 51794945 reproduced with changes as The 1,000 Rep Workout CoryGFitness https://web.archive.org/web/20241219180013/https://corygfitness.com/2023/06/22/the-1000-rep-workout/ September 2021 (22 June 2023 version) The V-bar pull-up is a great retro exercise I pulled from the Arnold Schwarzenegger & Franco ColumboFranco Columbu Golden Era bodybuilding days. These are great for really developing that Christmas tree in your lower back and the proper arch at the top is key in that regard. en chiefly military en aviation nautical slang A panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine. en 1954 November Ebbe Curtis Hoff; Leon Jack Greenbaum, Jr. A Bibliographic Sourcebook of Compressed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine Washington, D.C. Office of Naval Research and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy II 121 https://archive.org/details/59820860RX2.nlm.nih.gov/page/n136/mode/1up 1 269211538 Farnsworth and Reed have reported on comparative reaction times to "Christmas tree" signal lights with respect to color deficiency. One of the most important color discriminations involved in the operation of a submarine is that of reading the "Christmas tree," a panel of 30 to 60 small jewel-shaped lights, used to indicate whether hull openings, such as hatches and vents, are sealed or not. A reference to D[ean] Farnsworth; J. D. Reed Comparative Reaction Times to Christmas Tree Signal Lights with Respect to Color Deficiency Project X-265 (Av-153-c); Report No. 10 New London, Conn. Medical Research Department, U.S. Navy Submarine Base, New London 5 February 1946. en alert areaen US aviation historical An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move rapidly to a runway; these were constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War (generally 1947–1991). en 1 May 1968 Colonel Fenlon, witness Statement of Maj. Gen. G. H. Goddard, Director of Civil Engineering, U.S. Air Force—Resumed Military Construction Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1969: Joint Hearings before the Subcommittees on Military Construction of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 18785, an Act Making Appropriations for Military Construction for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969, and for Other PurposesPrinted for the Use of the Committee on Appropriations Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office 350 https://books.google.com/books?id=YCSM8eVUqaIC&pg=RA2-PA350 453738 The existing ramp, the part that the B-52 used, a great amount of it was out in the alert area, on what we call a christmas tree stub at the end of the runway, in a dispersed posture. en 1975 Robert Herman Kelting The Great Bong Bungle unpublished dissertation Madison, Wis. w:University of Wisconsin–Madison I 21 1478803014 At the eastern tip of the runway-taxiway lay the alert area for about nine aircraft, along with an alert building for the airmen to live. This area, called the "Christmas Tree" as a result of the Christmas tree shape of the runway pattern for alert aircraft, had compacted gravel base for concrete, but had not been paved. en 19 April 1983 Norman G. Delbridge, Jr., witness Questions Submitted by Senator Strom Thurmond, Answers Supplied by Gen. Norman G. Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Chief of Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army Military Construction Authorization Fiscal Year 1984: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Military Construction of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session on S. 720, a Bill to Authorize Certain Construction at Military Installations for Fiscal Year 1984, and for Other Purposes[...] Printed for the Use of the Committee on Armed Services S. Hrg. 98-448 Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office 252 https://books.google.com/books?id=fkPiB9bpJgUC&pg=PA252 810940785 The current alert area consists of a "Christmas Tree" configuration with alert parking stubs angled at 45° off of a central taxiway. en motor racingen motor racing A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race. en 1990 January Rich Taylor Racing 1990: Cheap Thrills: Four Grass-roots Rides—Low Investment, Low Maintenance, High on Fun Joe Oldham w:Popular Mechanics New York, N.Y. The Hearst Corporation 167 1 96 https://archive.org/details/PopularMechanics1990/Popular_Mechanics_01_1990/page/n93/mode/1up 3 0032-4558 868915883 Then, after a smoky-burnout to warm up the tires, you're lined up next to another competitor and the Christmas tree lights blink down … yellow, yellow, yellow, green! en oil industryen oil industry slang A collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil. en 2010 Robert Heidersbach Oilfield Equipment Winston Revie Metallurgy and Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production Wiley Series in Corrosion 14 Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons 232 https://books.google.com/books?id=XD8ynYRTQ8oC&pg=SA8-PA28 978-0-470-24848-5 Wellheads, which support downhole tubing, casing, and other components, are connected at the top of wells to Christmas trees, which control production rates and fluid flows out of the well and may also direct fluids and equipment into the well en soccer en soccer A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern. en 2015-08-20 Edward Couzens-Lake Mapping the Pitch: Football Formations Through The Ages Meyer & Meyer Sport 9781782553908 That or, in the name, something given a title to cover up the fact that all it was, was a football formation. But then the Christmas Tree came along. en 2016-05-26 Carlo Ancelotti Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches Penguin UK 9780241975381 We ended up inventing the Christmas tree formation. It came about as a practical necessity but it married perfectly to the philosophy of the president. en 2016-06-02 Henry Winter Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing Random House 9781473540996 Even when Terry Venables' Christmas tree tactics has him playing with his back to goal, holding the ball up, taking a bruising from centre-backs, Shearer stays physically strong. en Christmas partyen by extension A Christmas party, especially one organized for (underprivileged) children by a charity, a school, etc. en 1922 March Round Robin Framingham, Mass. Dennison Manufacturing Company 4 40552862 The Dennison Associates hold a Christmas Tree for Children and more than 300 little tots are entertained. en moodjaren Australia Often with a descriptive word: any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime, and so may be used as a Christmas decoration; especially the fire tree or moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda species). en 1844 Mrs. Charles Meredith [i.e., Louisa Anne Meredith] XIII Notes and Sketches of New South Wales. During a Residence in that Colony from 1839 to 1844 London John Murray,Albemarle Street. 127 https://archive.org/details/lifevoyagesexplo00barrrich/page/n142/mode/1up 220402727 SYDNEY CHRISTMAS-TREE running head The shrub chosen as the Sydney "Christmas" is well worthy of the honour The flowers, which are irregularly star-shaped, continue increasing in size, and gradually ripening in tint, becoming first a pearl white, then palest blush, then pink, rose-colour, and crimson: the constant change taking place in them, and the presence of all these hues at one time on a spray of half a dozen flowers, has a singularly pretty appearance. en 2021 Melissa Connell; Catherine Lawson; Grace Hamill Geraldton and Wildflower Country 100 Things to See on Australia’s Coral Coast: + Karijini and the Pilbara Bulli, Wollongong, N.S.W. Exploring Eden Media 51 https://books.google.com/books?id=gLuqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 2 978-0-648-46465-5 In summer, Nuytsia floribunda or WA Western Australian Christmas tree dot the roadsides and fields. Christmas trees have long been known to the Noongar people as moodjar, who say the trees hold the spirits of their ancestors. It blooms consistently October to December, signalling the arrival of Christmas, and is believed to be the largest parasitic tree in the world. en 2023 Derek Harvey [et al.] Mediterranean-type Shrublands Rob Houston Habitats: Discover Earth’s Precious Wild Places London Dorling Kindersley 74 https://books.google.com/books?id=FBPYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 1 978-0-2415-6949-8 The moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda), also known as the Christmas tree because it flowers during the southern summer festive season, has roots that infect neighbouring trees. en pohutukawaen New Zealand en pohutukawa (“a coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa species, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime”) en New Zealand Christmas tree en 1884 Alex[ander] Wilson Auckland Alex[ander] Wilson; w:Rutherford Waddell; T. W. Whitson Maoriland: Illustrated Handbook to New Zealand Melbourne, Vic.; Sydney, N.S.W. George Robertson and Co. (Limited), Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane. [for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand] 157 https://archive.org/details/maorilandillustr00unioiala/page/157/mode/1up 220936215 Another interesting and characteristic tree confined to the province of Auckland is the pohutukawa (Metrosideros tomentosa) or Christmas tree of the settlers, so called from its blooming at the Christmas season and taking the place, in household decoration, of the berried mistletoe and holly. en 26 October 1907 Constance A[lice] Barnicoat New Zealand Wild Flowers Country Life London George Newnes7–12 Southampton Street Strand W.C. XXII 564 589 https://archive.org/details/sim_country-life_1907-10-26_22_564/page/589/mode/1up 1 472261612 Perhaps the most strikingly beautiful New Zealand flower is the pohutukawa (Metrosideros tomentosa), a close relation of the ratas. It, too, has brilliant red flowers, also spiky, and from their season of blooming it is sometimes called the Christmas-tree. en 28 August 1919 James W. Poynton Plant Immigrants Washington, D.C. Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture 160 1471 https://archive.org/details/pamphletsonsilvi13silvrich/pamphletsonsilvi13silvrich/page/1639/mode/1up 1780445 Metrosideros tomentosa (Myrtaceae), 47571. From Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by Mr. James W. Poynton. "The Christmas tree of our early settlers; native name 'pohutukawa.' It comes into bloom mostly during the Christmas week (midsummer here). The flowers are deep red and the tree is very pretty when in flower." (Poynton.) on en 1993 w:Ian Milner Waitaki Days, Waitaki Nights Intersecting Lines: The Memoirs of Ian Milner Wellington Victoria University Press 66 https://books.google.com/books?id=R2g4GV7lCbsC&pg=PA66 978-0-86473-251-4 Remember the early, not too early, mornings when you went together down a cliff-side track to the little beach fringed with crimson-flowering pohutukawa—a Garden of Eden touch for southern eyes. Then the scramble up the track, glimpsing the dark-red Christmas tree blossoms against the sea's azure, to the relish of fried eggs and bacon and good strong tea, swallowed hot, cup after cup—before the new-fangled coffee sipping. en 2010 Felina Marie Cordova; Ronald Ross Watson New Zealand Christmas Tree: Historic Uses and Cancer Prevention Ronald Ross Watson; Victor R. Preedy Bioactive Foods and Extracts: Cancer Treatment and Prevention Boca Raton, Fla. w:CRC Press section IV (Nonbotanical Dietary Components) 584 https://books.google.com/books?id=VlsK8TAjsfUC&pg=PA584 978-1-4665-4765-0 M. excelsa is a tree that is very significant to the history and people of New Zealand. [T]he New Zealand Christmas Tree’s Maori name of “Pohutukawa” translates closely to “head dress of red feathers” as the flowers according to legend were mistaken for feathers by a Maori chief. Alternative forms decorative tree en Christmas's tree nonstandard rare en X'mas tree X-mas tree Xmas tree abbreviation informal Derived terms en Charlie Brown Christmas tree,Charlie Brown's Christmas tree Christmas tree bill Christmas tree effect Christmas tree formation Christmas tree worm dressed up like a Christmas tree feather Christmas tree light up like a Christmas tree lit up like a Christmas tree Related terms en Christmas light<alt:Christmas lights> Translations evergreen tree used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season Afrikaans: af kersboom Albanian: sq pema e Vitit të Ri Altai: Southern Altai: alt ёлка Arabic: ar شَجَرَةُ الْمِيلَادِ f Armenian: hy տոնածառ Azerbaijani: az yolka s Bashkir: ba шыршы Belarusian: be ёлка f, be каля́дная ёлка f Breton: br gwezenn Nedeleg f Bulgarian: bg елха́ f, bg ко́ледна елха́ f Catalan: ca arbre de Nadal Chinese: Cantonese: yue 聖誕樹 Mandarin: cmn 聖誕樹 shèngdànshù, cmn 耶誕樹 yēdànshù Czech: cs vánoční stromeček m Danish: da juletræ n Dutch: nl kerstboom m Esperanto: eo Kristnaska arbo Estonian: et jõulukuusk, et jõulupuu Faroese: fo jólatræ n Finnish: fi joulukuusi, fi joulupuu French: fr arbre de Noël m, fr sapin de Noël m Frisian: West Frisian: fy krystbeam Galician: gl árbore de Nadal f Georgian: ka საშობაო ნაძვის ხე, ka ნაძვის ხე German: de Weihnachtsbaum m, de Christbaum m Greek: el χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο n Greenlandic: kl orpik, kl orpiliaq Haitian Creole: ht abdenwel Hebrew: he עץ חג המולד m Hungarian: hu karácsonyfa Hunsrik: hrx Weinachtsbaam m Icelandic: is jólatré n Indonesian: id pohon Natal Ingrian: izh joulujolkka Irish: ga crann Nollag Italian: it albero di Natale m Japanese: ja クリスマスツリー kurisumasu tsurī Khmer: km ដើមណូអែល Korean: ko 크리스마스 트리 Kyrgyz: ky ёлка Latvian: lv ziemassvētku egle f Lithuanian: lt kalėdų eglutė f Luxembourgish: lb Chrëschtbeemchen m Macedonian: mk новогодишна елка f, mk елка f Malay: ms pokok Krismas Maltese: mt siġra tal-Milied Navajo: nv chʼóyáázh naashchʼąąʼígíí Norman: nrf arbre d'Noué m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb juletre n Nynorsk: nn joletre n Ojibwe: oj Niibaanamaang Mtig Persian: fa درخت کریسمس deraxt-e kerismas Plautdietsch: pdt Wienachtsboom m Polish: pl choinka f Portuguese: pt árvore de Natal f, pt pinheiro de natal m, pt pinheirinho m Romanian: ro pom de Crăciun m, ro brad de Crăciun m Russian: ru ёлка f, ru нового́дняя ёлка f, ru рожде́ственская ёлка f Sami: Inari Sami: smn juovlâmuorâ Skolt Sami: sms rosttovmuõrr Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh božićno drvce n, sh krȉzbān m Bosnia Silesian: szl gojik m, szl kristbaum m Slovak: sk vianočný stromček m Slovene: sl božično drevo n Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb božodźěsćowy štom Lower Sorbian: dsb gódowny bom m, dsb chójanka f Spanish: es árbol de Navidad m, es árbol navideño m, es humisha f Peru Sranan Tongo: srn kresnetibon Swedish: sv julgran c Thai: th ต้นคริสต์มาส dtôn-krís-mâas Turkish: tr yılbaşı ağacı, tr Noel ağacı Ukrainian: uk різдвя́на яли́нка f, uk яли́нка f Vietnamese: vi cây Nô-en Vilamovian: wym krisbaojm m Volapük: vo kritidabim Welsh: cy coeden Nadolig Yakut: sah ёлка, sah саҥа дьыллааҕы ёлка Yiddish: yi ניטלבוים m Yoruba: yo igi Kérésìmesì Zulu: zu Isihlahla sikakhisimuzi something which resembles a Christmas tree in appearance or shape Finnish: fi joulukuusi Macedonian: mk something which is elaborately decorated Finnish: fi joulukuusi Macedonian: mk pattern of muscles visible in the lower back Finnish: fi joulukuusi Macedonian: mk panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine Finnish: fi mittaristovalot p Macedonian: mk alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway Finnish: fi joulukuusi Macedonian: mk pole with lights used for signalling the start of an automobile race Finnish: fi starttivalot p Macedonian: mk collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil Finnish: fi joulukuusi Macedonian: mk Russian: ru фонта́нная армату́ра f Ukrainian: mk Christmas party Finnish: fi kuusijuhla Macedonian: mk any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime Finnish: fi joulupuu Macedonian: mk Nuytsia floribunda moodjar Metrosideros excelsa pohutukawa References Further reading Christmas tree (drag racing) Christmas tree (oil well) Christmas tree (disambiguation) en Christmas Tree en Myrtle family plants Santalales order plants Trees