What started it? And what's the whole story behind it? I love Christmas trees, but I'm just wondering what started it all, what made everyone hold to this tradition?
2006-10-27 20:24:50 · 7 answers · asked by Just-Another-Sombody 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Pagans in Biblical times were the first to have a decorated Yule/Christmas tree. Thus it was forbidden in the Bible for Jews/Christians.
2006-10-27 23:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Uk the decorated christmas tree tradition was said to be started by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert who bought the idea over from Germany
2006-10-28 04:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Thisbysghost 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do people even celebrate christmas? when it is steeped in paganism, jesus was not born on december 25th, infact the scriptures do not reveal when he was born, december 25th was chosen because the pagans were celebrating the roman saturnalia nad the winter solstice dec 25th, and the churches wanted their own celebration to cover these pagan holidays, yet they themselves adopted many of their practices the xmas tree being on of them.........Prominent among Christmas decorations are holly, ivy, and mistletoe, described as “magical plants bearing fruit in a dead season.” But why these particular evergreens? Although some believe that red holly berries represent Christ’s blood and its prickly leaves symbolize the “crown out of thorns” that Pontius Pilate’s soldiers placed mockingly on Jesus’ head, pagans viewed the holly’s shining leaves and berries as a masculine symbol of eternal life. (Matthew 27:29) They looked on ivy as a feminine life-symbol of immortality. Holly and ivy together became their fertility symbol. Mistletoe’s pagan associations are still so strong that the book The Customs and Ceremonies of Britain states: “No church decorator will tolerate it—except at York Minster.” Most well-known of all evergreens is the Christmas tree, long featured in German traditions and popularized in Britain by Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert, and which became the focus of Christmas family celebrations. Since 1947, Norway’s capital, Oslo, has sent a gift Christmas tree for display in London’s Trafalgar Square.
2006-10-28 11:24:30 · answer #3 · answered by Emma 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it origenaly was called a yule tree, the christians needed something to show they were different from the jews, so they addopted the yule tree and started calling it a christmas tree
2006-10-28 03:37:14 · answer #4 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pagan celts taking evergreens inside in hope of protecting them until the summer sun returned. they were taken in on the shortest day of the year, dec 21
2006-10-28 04:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://morning-glow.com/holidays/xmas/xmastree.html
2006-10-28 03:29:01 · answer #6 · answered by JOhNe=mc² 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There may be something of use here.
2006-10-28 05:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋