Vogue cover by Salvador Dali December 1946 Christmas trees are BIG business. Each year approximately 33 to 36 million Christmas trees are produced in North America and 50 to 60 million trees are produced in Europe. In the United States, there are an estimated 15,000 growers, which includes 5,000 choose and cut farms.
On the “tendency for imported customs to be naturalized and made palatable to the national story..”:
In Denmark everyone agrees that we have a common Danish Christmas tradition around the (German) Christmas tree. But nobody agrees on what it is. Duck or ham? And which songs? When a young couple gets married and spends Christmas with one's parents, it is a true exercise in integration.
Perhaps the apotheosis of "Anglo-American Christmas" is the transformation of Saint Nicholas into the rotund, red-suited Santa Claus popularized in Coca Cola ads of the early 1930s.
Average amount spent on a live tree seems way above the average price of a tree which might be $100 in 2022. What am I missing?
On the “tendency for imported customs to be naturalized and made palatable to the national story..”:
In Denmark everyone agrees that we have a common Danish Christmas tradition around the (German) Christmas tree. But nobody agrees on what it is. Duck or ham? And which songs? When a young couple gets married and spends Christmas with one's parents, it is a true exercise in integration.
Wish you and your family a very merry time, dear Professor Tooze❗️❗️❗️
Last 3 days: temperature 20 below "zero" (fahrenheit).
Next 5 days+: temperature 20 above "zero" (farhrenheit).
expect this every winter now.
Not good. Not good at all.
Another very interesting and amusing piece from Adam Tooze, like his great one on the economics of skiing a couple of weeks ago...
Perhaps the apotheosis of "Anglo-American Christmas" is the transformation of Saint Nicholas into the rotund, red-suited Santa Claus popularized in Coca Cola ads of the early 1930s.
Happy Holidays! ✨🎄✨
Interesting and sobering! New ways to celebrate winter solstice may be better for the globe, if we want to be sober.
Fabulous!!! I learned alot. Thank you, Safiya