Angelina Jordan

Angelina Jordan Astar known professionally as Angelina Jordan, is a Norwegian singer. At age eight , she won the 2014 season of Norway's Got Talent, singing classic jazz pieces like " Fly Me to the Moon". Angelina's performances went viral on YouTube, and she was featured in news outlets around the world.In 2015, Angelina published the book Mellom to hjerter (Between two hearts) illustrated by her grandmother Mery Zamani. The book tells the story of Angelina's meeting with a poor motherless girl in Asia to whom Angelina  gives her shoes. In return the girl promises to always pray for Angelina. It is allegedly based on a true story  which Angelina cites as reason for always performing barefoot. In 2016 launched her own YouTube Channel. after Angelina's debut Christmas EP My Christmas released in  2014, she's working on her first album fro release in 2018.

The Christmas tree legend

A beautifully decorated evergreen tree, with coloured lights, inspires warm memories of Christmas. The Christmas  tree has become one of the most beloved and well-known holiday symbols.
The custom of a Christmas tree, undercorated, is believed to have begun in Germany, in the first half of the 700s. The history of the modern Christmas tree goes back to 16th century Germany. in Alsace (Elsass), dated 1561, states that "no burger shall have for Christmas more than one bush of more than eight shoes' lenght." The decoration hung on a tree in that time were "roses cut of many-colored paper, apples, wafers,gilt,sugar." Around Strasbourg there was a widespread practice of bringing trees into houses for decoration during Christmastide. The modern custom is also connected with the Paradise tree hung with apple, present in the medieval religious plays. The decorations could symbolize the Christian Hosts. In 17th century the Christmas tree spread through Germany and Scandinavia. The tree was decorated , first with candles and candies, then with apples and confections. It is believed that Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, was the first to light a Christmas tree with candles. While coming homr one dark winter's night near Christmas, he was struck, with the beauty of the starlight shining thrpugh the branches of a small fir tree outside his home. He duplicated the starlight by using candles attached to the branches of his indoor Christmas tree. In England teh tradition was made popular by the German Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. The German immigrants brought the Christmas tree to America in 17th century.