Where did the Christmas Wreath originate?

I've always wondered about this and how it became a tradition of hanging on the doors.

Where did the Christmas Wreath originate?
Christmas wreath is of Lutheran origin. It's an ever green branch with four candles.The first candle is being lit the on the Sunday four weeks before Christmas as a symbol of light.That will be introduced to world with the birth of Christ.Another candle is lit on every next Sunday.On the last Sunday before Christmas all the four candles are lit to brighten the place where the wreath is (it may be the atlas of a church or a dinner table).


The Christmas


wreath is a continuation of the Advent Wreath (German custom in Lutheran


churches) which has 4 candles, representing the 4 weeks of Advent. One


candle is lit each week. But due to the danger, they were usually placed


lying flat on tables, or hung safely parallel to the floor. This made


Christmas wreaths much more welcome because they contained no real candles and


could be hung anywhere (mostly on doors or in windows). Some people choose to


leave their wreaths up all winter.  When they do take it down, it is a sign


of winter's end and the anticipation of Spring.
Reply:Ours came from the garden center at Home Depot or Lowe's