Ntoo Artificial ntoo yog cov khoom siv hluavtaws uas ua raws li cov tsos thiab cov qauv ntawm cov ntoo ntuj, thiab feem ntau yog siv rau kev kho kom zoo nkauj, kev tsim vaj tsev, lossis ib puag ncig. Cov ntoo ntoo muaj keeb kwm ntev uas muaj hnub rov qab mus rau xyoo pua 19th, tab sis lawv tau nrov dua nyob rau ntau lub sijhawm thiab cheeb tsam nyob ntawm ntau yam.
Cov ntoo cuav tau tsim thawj zaug hauv tebchaws Yelemes thaum xyoo 1880, raws li cov lus teb rau kev deforestation los ntawm kev thov siab rau cov ntoo Christmas. Cov ntoo dag no tau ua los ntawm cov dyed goose feathers txuas nrog cov ceg ntoo, thiab lawv tau hu ua feather ntoo. Feather ntoo tau nrov hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees thiab lwm qhov chaw hauv Tebchaws Europe, thiab lawv kuj tau qhia rau Tebchaws Meskas los ntawm cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw German. Feather ntoo tseem nrov mus txog thaum xyoo pua 20th, thaum lawv tau hloov los ntawm lwm hom ntoo dag.
Ib qho ntawm thawj qhov kev xaiv rau cov ntoo plaub yog cov ntoo txhuam, uas tau tsim los ntawm lub tuam txhab British hu ua Addis Housewares hauv xyoo 1930. Cov ntoo txhuam hniav yog ua los ntawm tib yam tsiaj-cov plaub hau bristles siv hauv chav dej txhuam, dyed ntsuab thiab twisted rau hauv ceg. Cov ntoo txhuam hniav tau ruaj khov thiab muaj tseeb dua li cov ntoo plaub, thiab nws tuaj yeem tuav tau ntau dua ornaments. Cov ntoo txhuam tau nrov hauv tebchaws Askiv thiab lwm lub tebchaws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II, thaum tsob ntoo ntuj tsis tshua muaj.
Lwm hom ntoo dag uas tau muaj koob meej nyob rau xyoo 1950 yog tsob ntoo txhuas, uas yog thawj zaug tsim nyob rau hauv Chicago xyoo 1958. Cov ntoo txhuas tau ua los ntawm cov ci ntsa iab hlau ntawv ci strips txuas nrog ib tug hlau ncej, thiab nws feem ntau illuminated los ntawm ib tug rotating xim. lub log. Cov ntoo txhuas tau thov rau ntau tus neeg uas xav tau lub ntsej muag niaj hnub thiab futuristic rau lawv cov khoom dai Christmas. Cov ntoo txhuas tau mus txog nws qhov kev nyiam tshaj plaws nyob rau thaum ntxov 1960s, tab sis nws tsis kam tom qab xyoo 1965, thaum lub TV tshwj xeeb hu ua A Charlie Brown Christmas thuam nws ua lub cim ntawm kev lag luam Christmas.
Feem ntau hom ntoo dag niaj hnub no yog cov ntoo yas, uas feem ntau yog ua los ntawm polyvinyl chloride (PVC) lossis polyethylene (PE). PVC thiab PE yog ob hom thermoplastic polymers uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov duab sib txawv thiab xim. PVC yog cov khoom qub thiab pheej yig dua, thaum PE yog cov khoom tshiab thiab kim dua. Cov ntoo yas yog qhov tseeb thiab hloov tau ntau dua li cov ntoo lossis ntoo, thiab lawv tuaj yeem ua ntej teeb nrog LED teeb lossis fiber ntau optics. Cov ntoo yas tau nrov hauv xyoo 1980, thiab lawv tau tuav lawv cov koob npe txij thaum ntawd los. Cov ntoo yas yog dav siv rau ntau qhov ntau thiab tsawg, cov duab, qauv, thiab cov nqi, thiab lawv tuaj yeem siv rau ntau lub sijhawm thiab chaw.
