Calau is looking for the perfect Christmas tree for a festive market tradition!

Calau is looking for the perfect Christmas tree for a festive market tradition!

The city of Calau is in festive expectations and is looking for a Christmas tree for the marketplace. As the city administration announced, the dream tree between ten and twelve meters should have grown up, just grown and provided with a stately, dense needle dress. In the Advent and Christmas season, this tree is then festively decorated and is supposed to get the citizens in the mood for the festival. calau.de reports that the city is dependent on donations from private individuals to meet this concern.

interested tree dispensers can contact Holger Pätzold from the municipal building authority directly. It can be reached on 03541 / 891-480 or 0172/7531105. Important to know: offers should come from Calau and the surrounding districts if possible, since transportation over longer distances is not financially and organizationally possible. The Christmas trees traditionally provided by private individuals are very popular in the community.

tradition and preparations

In Calau, preparations for the 2023 Christmas market are already in full swing. Mayor Marco Babenz has announced festive decorations for the second weekend in Advent. The city administration has decided to decorate the cityscape with a beautifully grown Christmas tree and to increase the anticipation for the winter festivities. Niederlausitz currently describes how a successful Christmas tree donation is tradition in Calau, which is the generality pleased.

But what would the Advent season be without a festively decorated Christmas tree? Interestingly, the custom of the Christmas tree has no direct Christian origin. It only developed into an integral part of the Christmas celebrations in the 19th century, such as the ndr . Martin Luther is named as a former supporter of the Christmas tree in the families of that time, and the tradition of the festivities around the tree still has existed.

During the first useful Christmas tree decorations by nobility, churches and guilds, there was a broad spread in northern Germany, especially from 1570. The tree, often decorated with candles, not only symbolizes faith, but was also used in connection with fertility in many cultures. Today the Christmas tree is a central element of the Christmas festival, combined with stories and customs that are passed on from generation to generation

If you have a suitable tree, don't hesitate to report. It is up to the community to let the festival shine in Calau!