why do we hav christmas trees?

Answer 1

It was a thing made fashionable in the early part of the last century by the then king. He copied it from Norway.

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Answer 2

Christmas cacti are a little awkward to decorate. Actually this christmas tradition comes from the ancient celtic holiday yule. On the winter solstice they decorated evergreen trees because they were considered sacred. Any plant that could stay green year round must me magical. Various cultures back then had similar customs regarding trees and decorating.

Answer 3

Family....

The American Tree

In America, Christmas Trees were introduced into several pockets - the German Hessian Soldiers took their tree customs in the 18th century. In Texas, Cattle Barons from Britain took their customs in the 19th century, and the East Coast Society copied the English Court tree customs.

Settlers from all over Europe took their customs also in the 19th century. Decorations were not easy to find in the shanty towns of the West, and people began to make their own decorations. Tin was pierced to create lights and lanterns to hold candles which could shine through the holes. Decorations of all kinds were cutout, stitched and glued. The General Stores were hunting grounds for old magazines with pictures, rolls of Cotton Batting (Cotton Wool), and tinsel, which was occasionally sent from Germany or brought in from the Eastern States. The Paper 'Putz' or Christmas Crib was a popular feature under the tree, especially in the Moravian Dutch communities which settled in Pennsylvania.

The first decorated tree was at Riga in Latvia, in 1510. In the early 16th century, Martin Luther is said to have decorated a small Christmas Tree with candles, to show his children how the stars twinkled through the dark night.

Why do we have a decorated Christmas Tree?
The St. Boniface Story
In the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach the Word of God. He did many good works there, and spent much time in Thuringia, an area which was to become the cradle of the Christmas Decoration Industry.

Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God's Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century it was being hung, upside-down, from ceilings at Christmastime in Central Europe, as a symbol of Christianity.


The First English Trees

The Christmas Tree first came to England with the Georgian Kings who came from Germany. At this time also, German Merchants living in England decorated their homes with a Christmas Tree. The British public were not fond of the German Monarchy, so did not copy the fashions at Court, which is why the Christmas Tree did not establish in Britain at that time. A few families did have Christmas trees however, probably more from the influence of their German neighbours than from the Royal Court. The decorations were Tinsels, silver wire ornaments, candles and small beads. All these had been manufactured in Germany and East Europe since the 17th century. The custom was to have several small trees on tables, one for each member of the family, with that persons gifts stacked on the table under the tree.

Origins and Early Traditions
Christmas wasn't celebrated by the early church until the fourth century.
Germanic tribes of Northern Europe also celebrated mid-winter with feasting, drinking, religious rituals and the lighting of the yule log. During the Middle Ages, Catholic priests sought connections between biblical teachings and pagan traditions - believing that a convergence of customs would lead more individuals to Christianity. The celebration of Jesus' birth was melded into other age-old practices and became known as the "Christ mass." Firelight represented the light of Christ. Gift giving was linked to the presents of the wise men. Trees were decorated with apples associated with the biblical Garden of Eden.

Not much History out of 516 years,,, but enough to get you started....

Answer 4

It comes from an anient pagan festival of lights that occured throughout pre-christian europe. Christmas is actually Yule, the Pagan Winter Solstice Festival.

The "Pagans" used candle light and fires to summon back the light.

History
With likely origins in European pre-Christian pagan cultures, the Christmas tree has gained an extensive history and become a common sight during the winter season in numerous cultures.


Germanic tribes
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.[citation needed]

According to Adam of Bremen, in Scandinavia the pagan kings sacrificed nine males of each species at the sacred groves every ninth year.[citation needed] 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.



Rome
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. This Christianization process is arguably seen in the Old English poem the Dream of the rood, in which the tree is the cross on which Jesus was crucified. The poem also refers to the Tree of knowledge of good and evil in Genesis.


Medieval
Medieval legends tended to concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering" of trees at Christmas time.[citation needed] A branch of flowering Glastonbury thorn is still sent annually for the Queen's Christmas table in the United Kingdom.

BTW, I've seen that Thorn, it was supposedly brought to England by Joseph of Arimathea along with the Holy Grail.

Answer 5

u wanna know, ok longggggggggg time ago prolly when cristmas was invented some guy got drunk and went out in his yard and choped a tree and bought it in and started putting ornaments on it and his wife prolly was pissed and he was blabbering all over the house and hung his dirty socks on fire place and told his wife some fat man will give me gifts but yah and then he took the lights he had inside out in his yard and started putting them on the house and came back in and put a chocolate star on the tree. so yah thats why ppl have christmass trees. next time i will tell u a story about the easter bunny.

Answer 6

Its supposed to be a celebration of renewal of life it represents the never ending life of evergreen trees which last even throughout the winter so its brought inside and decorated but then dies which is a bit hypocritical! but yea thats what wikipedia says

Answer 7

FOR YEARS WE HAVE HAD CHRISTMAS TREES IT'S JUST A TRADITION.

Answer 8

Hi, we have christmas trees because its in our cultuer and since we borened we had it.isnt it good?!

Answer 9

so we can put present under it and to decorate and make it feel like christmas

Answer 10

it was introduced in the uk by prince albert husband to queen victoria from germany