No it doesn't,as Christians we don't worship tree's but God only.Yet God allows us to have the things we like so long as they are kept in the right perspective.God is reasonable although there are those who fail to realize it.
2006-11-12 16:17:41
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answered by don_steele54 6
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CHRISTMAS TREE:
The first Christmas tree was conceived in Germany in the first half of the 700's. The story goes as this; "a British monk and missinary St. Boniface was preaching a sermon on the Nativity to a tribe of Germanic Druids outside the town of Gesimar. To convince the idolators that the oak tree was not scared and inviolable, the "Apostle of Germany felled one on the spot. Upon falling it crushed every shrub in its path except for a small fir sapling. Boniface, interpreted the fir's survival as a miracle, saying let this be called the tree of Christ Child." The claim of the Pennsylvania Germans to have initiated the Christmas tree custom in America is undisputed today.
2006-11-12 23:22:47
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answered by maybe 3
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The Prophet Jeremiah condemned as Pagan the ancient Middle Eastern practice of cutting down trees, bringing them into the home and decorating them. Of course, these were not really Christmas trees, because Jesus was not born until centuries later, and the use of Christmas trees was not introduced for many centuries after his birth. Apparently, in Jeremiah's time the "heathen" would cut down trees, carve or decorate them in the form of a god or goddess, and overlay it with precious metals. Some Christians feel that this Pagan practice was similar enough to our present use of Christmas trees that this passage from Jeremiah can be used to condemn both:
Jeremiah 10:2-4: "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (KJV).
2006-11-12 23:23:21
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answered by Justsyd 7
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the religious meanings of the tree go back before Christman
from wikipedia
(for quick referance and correct spelling of names involved)
The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization of the ancient pagan idea that the evergreen tree represents a celebration of the renewal of life. In Roman mosaics from what is today Tunisia, showing the mythic triumphant return from India of the Greek god of wine and male fertility, Dionysus (dubbed by some modern scholars as a life-death-rebirth deity), the god carries a tapering coniferous tree. Medieval legends, nevertheless, tended to concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering" of trees at Christmas time. A branch of flowering Glastonbury thorn is still sent annually for the Queen's Christmas table in the United Kingdom.
Taiwanese aboriginals, tutored by Christian missionaries, celebrate with trees (Cunninghamia lanceolata) outside their homes.Patron trees (for example, the Irminsul, Thor's Oak and the figurative Yggdrasil) held special significance for the ancient Germanic tribes, appearing throughout historic accounts as sacred symbols and objects. Among early Germanic tribes the Yule tradition was celebrated by sacrificing male animals and slaves by suspending them on the branches of trees. According to Adam of Bremen, in Scandinavia the pagan kings sacrificed nine males of each species at the sacred groves every ninth year. According to one legend, Saint Boniface attempted to introduce the idea of trinity to the pagan tribes using the cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangular appearance.
2006-11-12 23:26:38
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answered by Anonymous
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The Christmas Tree reminds us of Jesus dying for us and being nailed to the cross (tree). The lights on the tree represent Jesus as being the light of the world. The gifts beneath the tree remind us that Jesus offers us the greatest gift of all :).
2006-11-12 23:39:05
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answered by starlite_beach 1
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yes it has a couple... first of all, Jesus was said to come from the "shoot of Jesse" in regards to lineage. He was born in the Jesse family tree, which became a "Jesse tree". another meaning is that Jesus was born in and died on a tree; the manger made by Joseph, His earthly step-father, and the Cross, both made of wood.
2006-11-12 23:25:39
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answered by bsbllplayr216 3
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Nope. It's cultural, not religious. I see no reason why christians can't celebrate their culture along with their faith.
2006-11-12 23:42:03
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answered by Kathie Emmanuelite 3
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No,it comes from Paganism
2006-11-12 23:23:48
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answered by judy-ann j 2
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No, it's a festive tradition. Like putting "icicle lights" on my balcony.
2006-11-12 23:20:31
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answered by Esther 7
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as far as I know it's just the place all the presents go under
2006-11-12 23:20:59
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answered by Brandy N 3
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