Now open for Christmas trees, in Penzance
We are open and with a huge variety of quality Christmas trees on sale every day until December 23. It’s been a bit breezy but we are quite sheltered down here at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens.
Our Korean Fir Christmas trees are popular this year. This 8ft-tall beauty of a tree available can be seen in the gallery car park Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, where we have more than 150 freshly cut trees available every day.
People often ask us for specific trees at Ladydowns Christmas trees. This year a lot of people are asking after Korean firs, as they hold their needles well and smell really nice.
Here are some interesting customs for Christmas trees from around the world.
In Germany, it is traditional to hide a pickle somewhere within the branches of the Christmas tree, and give a gift to whichever child in the household finds it.
Ukrainians use decorations for their Christmas tree that mimic the natural formation of spiders’ webs shimmering with dew.
The tradition goes back to a folktale about a poor widow who could not afford to decorate a tree for her children. Legend has it that spiders in the house took pity on the family’s plight, and spun beautiful webs all over the tree, which the children awoke to find on Christmas morning.
Spiders’ webs are also considered to be lucky in Ukrainian culture.
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually said to have introduced the Christmas tree into Britain, in 1841. However, the honour of establishing Christmas trees in the United Kingdom is credited to Queen Charlotte, the German wife of George III, who installed the first Christmas tree at Windsor, around 1800.
The story goes that Queen Charlotte’s friend, Martin Luther, the religious reformer, invented the Christmas tree. One winter’s night in 1536, Luther was strolling through a pine forest near his home when he looked up and saw thousands of stars glinting among the branches of the trees. This inspired him to erect decorated pine trees in the home at Christmas.