英语词汇christmas tree的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is an ancient German custom, though Germans call the small decorated firs or spruces they use a Weihnachtsbaum, or “holy-night tree.” German set- tlers brought the custom to America, where English-speaking settlers dubbed it the Christmas tree as early as 1838, the first recorded use of the term. Americans thought the trees idola- trous at first, but soon realized the German immigrants weren’t worshipping the tree and adopted the custom themselves. One of the oddest of nicknames belonged to Christmas Tree Mur- phy, an American of a century ago who killed an opponent in a brawl with—you guessed it!—a Christmas tree.

词汇	christmas tree
词源	Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is an ancient German custom, though Germans call the small decorated firs or spruces they use a Weihnachtsbaum, or “holy-night tree.” German set- tlers brought the custom to America, where English-speaking settlers dubbed it the Christmas tree as early as 1838, the first recorded use of the term. Americans thought the trees idola- trous at first, but soon realized the German immigrants weren’t worshipping the tree and adopted the custom themselves. One of the oddest of nicknames belonged to Christmas Tree Mur- phy, an American of a century ago who killed an opponent in a brawl with—you guessed it!—a Christmas tree.
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