Floating Balloon Christmas Tree

Floating Balloon Christmas Tree

Floating Balloon Christmas Tree makes a great party or event prop.

You can also use it  as a personal xmas gift for a loved one. It stands about 6-7 feet tall.

Balloons are fun and festive. They bring color to any room to wake it up. It pulls your theme for your party or event together with everything from the cake to the candles.

Christmas Balloon Tree

The history of Christmas trees goes back to the symbolic use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome. It continues with the German tradition of candlelit Christmas trees first brought to America in the 1800s. Discover the history of the Christmas tree. From the earliest winter solstice celebrations to Queen Victoria’s decorating habits. Also the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center tree in New York City.

Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition. As we now know it in the 16th century devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes.

Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles.  It is a widely held belief that Martin Luther the 16th-century Protestant reformer first added lighted candles to a tree. Walking toward his home one winter evening composing a sermon. He was awed by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. To recapture the scene for his family, he erected a tree in the main room and wired its branches with lighted candles.