{法式花藝第二期} 如何製作聖誕花環

聖誕節馬上就要來了！聖誕節是西方最重要的節日，相信您一定見過聖誕裝飾用的綠色花環，在西方我們稱之為：降臨節花環（聖誕花環）。現如今，女士們（還有越來越多男士們）更傾向於自己動手製作花環，然後和孩子們一起裝飾屋子。本期文章中，法國花藝大師Anne-France Larquemain將會為我們講解怎麼製作聖誕花環，教您在家輕鬆創作出美麗的花環。跟我們一起動手製作吧！

Christmas, the most important celebration in western countries, will soon be upon us. I』m sure you have already noticed a round, verdant decoration in people』s homes. We call this the 「Advent wreath.」 Ladies (and gentlemen, more and more nowadays) would traditionally take special care to create their own wreaths and decorate their houses with the help of their children. Anne-France Larquemin, a French professional florist, will here explain how to create your own. The wreath is beautiful, and you can easily make one at home. Let』s begin together！

什麼是聖誕花環？

The Advent Wreath: What does it mean?

聖誕花環是水平放置的綠色花環，其上通常有四支蠟燭，有時花環正中還會有第五支蠟燭。聖誕花環象徵著耶穌將要降臨（聖誕節），光明逐漸來臨。因此在聖誕節來臨前四周的每個周末， 會逐個點燃花環上的蠟燭，代表著光明的逐漸復甦。這項傳統最早來自於凱爾特民族，1830年後從德國的漢堡漢薩市逐漸興盛開來。

It is usually a horizontal evergreen wreath with four candles and, often, a fifth white candle in the centre. The wreath represents the path of the resurgence of light before the birth of Jesus on Christmas day. Therefore, families would light one of the candles on the wreath each of the 4 Sundays before Christmas, making the light becoming more and more intense. This custom has its origins from the Celts, and more recently from the 1830』s in Hamburg, Germany.

聖誕花環除了可以水平放在桌子上之外，還能掛在門上，用來表示對客人的歡迎。如果掛在門上做裝飾時，無需使用蠟燭。

It can either be placed as a table decoration or on a door to welcome guests and show hospitality. In this case, we would not use candles.

怎麼製作專屬您的花環？

How to create your own?

• 4支蠟燭（可憑喜好選擇顏色，西方通常選用白色，在中國則偏向於紅色）

• 4 candles (choose the colour you want, often white in Europe, red in China)

• 常青樹枝（或其他綠色的樹枝）

• Evergreen branches (or another kind of tree)

• 細鐵絲

• Flexible iron wire

• 透明塑料線

• Thin plastic wire

• 絲帶，花朵，其他飾品

• Ribbons, flowers, or any decoration you like

第一步：製作花環

Step One: Prepare the branches

將常青樹枝做成環狀，各連接點用鐵絲加固。製作花環時，可以多用一些樹枝，這樣做出來的花環看起來更有分量感，同時也能遮住樹枝間的連接點。要注意，連接點要均勻分布在花環上，這樣做出來花環的形狀才會比較好看。

Take evergreen branches, fold them in circles, and attach the extremities with the iron wire. You can take several branches in order to have a thicker wreath, and to cover the attached part. Try not to attach all the branches at the same place, or your wreath won』t be very round.

用透明塑料線纏繞花環，讓花環更為平整。

Then use the transparent plastic wire to wrap around the wreath and make it relatively even.

第二步：放置蠟燭

Step Two: Candles

在放置蠟燭前，您可以添加一些其他樹枝，如下圖所示。

If you wish, you can add now other types of branches, like these one.

接著，就可以放置蠟燭了。在蠟燭底部塗好膠水，再將細棍插入蠟燭底部。

Then it』s time to fix the candles. On the bottom put some glue, and insert a stick inside.

將蠟燭放在花環上面，底部用膠水粘合。

That way you can easily place the candles on the wreath, with some glue under them.

Step Three: Fix the decorations

現在可以添加飾品。飾品的顏色不建議使用太冷或太暖的顏色。在花環上擺放飾品時，要注意飾品擺放的位置。為了自然美觀，不要將飾品全都放在花環的內側或全都放在花環的外側。可以選擇膠水或者塑料線固定飾品。

Now comes the time to attach the decorations. You should wisely choose the colours (not too cold, not too warm) and the positions on the wreath. For instance, do not place the decoration only inside or only outside of the wreath, it would look disproportionate. Use glue to fix them, or the wires.

Step Four: Fix the flowers

將花朵也添加到花環中間。在添加花朵之前，你需要將花朵枝幹的根部先做保濕處理，將花枝底部放入一小管水中，如下圖。

You will fix the flowers by inserting them inside the wreath branches, while previously having inserted the flowers in some small tubes with water.

第五步：擺放

Step Five: Display

當你做好所有的裝飾後，就可以擺放了。您可以將花環放在桌上，或者掛在門上作為裝飾。掛在門上時，記得要把花環上的蠟燭拿下來哦！

Once you have attached all the decoration you want on your wreath, you are ready to display it. Either on a table, or on the door, but don』t forget to remove the candles then！

希望這篇文章對大家有所幫助。隨後，我們將會和Anne-France一起開展花藝培訓課程。如果您感興趣，歡迎留言告訴我們，我們會在開課的第一時間通知您！

I hope you enjoyed this article. We will soon open floral arrangements workshops with Anne-France, if you are interested to participate you can already send us a message and we will contact you as soon as we open the class!

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