Julehjerte
A Julehjerte , in German Christmas heart , is a Danish Christmas tree decoration .
Usually, every single heart is made from two pieces of folded glossy paper and then hung on the Christmas tree. The interweaving of the paper creates a closed basket in which sweets or smaller things can be stored. In Sweden this decoration is called Julhjärta , in Norway it is called Juletrekurv (in German Christmas tree basket ).
history
The forerunners of the Christmas hearts were small woven wicker baskets or paper cones, in Danish: Krammerhus, which were hung in the Christmas tree. The oldest braided hearts still in existence were made by Hans Christian Andersen in the 1860s. However, they lacked the hangers so that they could not be hung in a Christmas tree. These hearts are now at HC Andersens Hus in Odense .
The oldest known instructions for making a Christmas heart can be found in the 1871 edition of "Nordisk Husflidstidende", the oldest heart kept in the Danish National Museum dates from 1873. Christmas hearts were widespread in Denmark from around 1910 onwards Christmas hearts also refer to the implementation of the suggestions of the German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel , which was first introduced in Copenhagen kindergartens in 1904 , who suggested wickerwork for children in order to improve their creative abilities, concentration and self-discipline. The spread of the Froebel stars as Christmas decorations in Scandinavia and in German-speaking countries can also be traced back to Fröbel .
technology
Christmas hearts are made from two pieces of glossy paper in contrasting colors, in Denmark mostly in the national colors red and white. After folding, the basic shape is a U closed at the top, 8 cm wide and 12 cm high. Both U-shapes are cut vertically on the closed side at equal intervals so that a braided area of 8 × 8 cm results. Then the two U-shapes are braided perpendicular to each other. The heart shape is then formed with the protruding arches.
See also
- Froebel star
- Krammerhus
literature
- Benno Blæsild: Hjerternes fest . In: Skalk . No. 6 , 2002 (Danish).
- Francis Jordt, Mark Bysted: Flettede julehjerter . Klematis, 2002, ISBN 87-00-69526-2 (Danish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kathleen Stokker: Keeping Christmas: Yuletide traditions in Norway and the new land . Minnesota Historical Society, 2001, ISBN 0-87351-390-8 , pp. 66 f .
- ↑ Bornholms Museum havde noget på hjetzt i 2003. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 15, 2009 ; Retrieved November 1, 2009 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
