At Christmas, gifts are a good form.
The Bundestag can look forward to a special Christmas tree every year.
This time it clearly has the corona pandemic on the subject.
With the 1st Advent the pre-Christmas season started.
Traditionally, a decorated Christmas tree is given to the Bundestag.
This year, the subject of the corona pandemic will also come into focus here.
Berlin / Munich - It gets more unusual every year.
The
Christmas tree decorations
.
There used to be more tinsel, of course.
And the
Christmas tree balls
were classically round.
How spheres are shaped like that.
Add a few candles - and the prickly work of art was ready.
In the meantime, a real
competition
among providers has developed
around the decoration of the holiday symbol
.
What not all can be hung on the branches nowadays: "Balls" have the shape of various
types of
animals
that can otherwise only be admired in the zoo, various
instruments
or
vehicles of
various types.
There are also classic Christmas figures such as
Santa Claus
or
angels
.
But the eye candy is not
neglected either
:
pizza slices
,
hamburgers
or the
six-pack of beer
made of glass or plastic can also be admired on the tree.
Maybe even the Christmas roast.
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Corona Christmas tree in the Bundestag: Christmas tree balls are in the form of viruses
There is something for every taste.
For many citizens, however, it seems difficult to digest what is
presented
on a
tree exhibited in the Bundestag
this year
.
There is actually a
fir tree there
that is decorated with
balls in the shape of viruses
.
A reminiscence of the
corona pandemic
, which is currently experiencing its wedding in Germany and will
give
us a
lockdown that
will
probably
last for months
.
Even if
temporary easing has been
announced for
almost all of Germany
over
Christmas
.
Apart from Berlin, where the
virus Christmas tree has
now
found its new home.
How did it come about?
Elementary school and kindergarten children
from the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg made the idiosyncratic jewelry themselves.
The
CDU
Bundestag member Jana Schimke,
representing the constituency, presented the special gift to Bundestag
Vice
President
Wolfgang Kubicki
in the Paul Löbe House on Black Friday
.
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Corona Christmas tree in the Bundestag: "Our children are also worried about the virus"
“That shows impressively how much the
Corona issue
haunts
us right
into our most important customs.
The
virus
does not only
concern
us adults, but also
our children,
”said the 41-year-old, who also acts as a nature park ambassador.
For several years now, the
Association of German Nature Parks
has been giving
the Bundestag
a Christmas tree
before the
first Advent
.
This time it was the turn of the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park.
Schimke thinks: “It is important that children gain an insight into
how nature works
.
This is the only way we can
teach future
generations a
respectful amount of our environment
. ”Another topic that is neglected during the pandemic.
As well as the social
togetherness
.
The children who enjoyed tinkering were excluded from the handover due to the corona-related restrictions.
The
traditional children's choir also
had to be dispensed with.
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Meanwhile, the virus tree became a topic of conversation on
and
.
The popular photos reveal that all kinds of other jewelry was also placed.
But the accessories are getting lost.
A feeling that creeps in more often this year when it comes to
Corona
.
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