What is the ball called that hangs on the Christmas tree What is the ball that hangs on the Christmas tree

1. Just call it a ball. At the top of each tree there must be an oversized orb (star), symbolizing the star that guided the Three Doctors of the East to Jesus. And in traditional custom, only the head of the family of the family can put up this star of hope, and no one else can take its place.

2, Christmas tree is one of the most famous traditional Christmas decorations, refers to the evergreen tree decorated with lights and candles and decorations.

3, it first appeared in ancient Rome in mid-December on the Feast of the Gods of Agriculture, and now usually people put an evergreen plant in the house or outdoors before or after Christmas, decorate it with Christmas lights and colorful ornaments, and put an angel or a star on the top of the tree.

4, 18th century, this custom began to be popular in the German Lutheran believers, until the 19th century to popularize the whole country, became a deep-rooted tradition in Germany, the early 19th century, the Christmas tree to the United Kingdom; in the mid-19th century, Queen Victoria's husband, the German Prince Albert to promote the popularity of it. The Victorian Christmas tree was decorated with candles, candies and fancy pastries, and hung from the branches with ribbons and paper chains. Christmas trees were brought to North America by German immigrants as early as the 17th century and became popular in the 19th century. It was also popular in Austria, Switzerland, Poland and the Netherlands. In China and Japan, Christmas trees in the 19th and 20th centuries by American missionaries, more decorated with colorful paper flowers.