How does it relate to Jesus?
2006-12-24 03:02:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
=cause if we don't it makes Santa feel neglected and unwanted due to customs in this particular household. Merry Christmas.
2006-12-25 09:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by sunshinysusan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
How it relates to Jesus good question. It's tradition I guess that goes back many many years. Something from the pagans. Check it out try key words history of the christmas tree or something google it. Maybe you'll get better answers there then here on yahoo q and a thanks for asking tho. Merry Christmas to all.
2006-12-24 03:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by dave_83501 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season with pine, spruce, and fir trees, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows. In many countries it was believed that evergreens would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits, and illness.
Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes.
It is a widely held belief that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, first added lighted candles to a tree. Walking toward his home one winter evening, composing a sermon, he was awed by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. To recapture the scene for his family, he erected a tree in the main room and wired its branches with lighted candles.
By the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from Germany and Christmas tree popularity was on the rise around the U.S. It was noted that Europeans used small trees about four feet in height, while Americans liked their Christmas trees to reach from floor to ceiling.
2006-12-24 03:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by Sternchen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In biblical times, the pagans had started a holiday to compete against the Christians celebration of Jesus's birth (Christmas). The pagan holiday had a tree involved in the festivities. Somehow the tree idea has migrated into the Christian holiday.
2006-12-24 03:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by Doug J 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Came from old German custom of having evergreens in the house on that "holiday" and adopted by British and Americans much later in history.
2006-12-24 03:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question. I found these websites...interesting reading!
http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/origin-of-the-christmas-tree-faq.htm
http://www.christmas-tree.com/where.html
http://www.reelyredd.com/articles/originchristmastree.htm
2006-12-24 03:08:34 · answer #6 · answered by Milkaholic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do yes
but i am not Christian
however , the holiday wasnt about Jesus to begin with ... it is a pagan holiday and the tree is also pagan
nothing wrong with carrying old traditions , its lovely
2006-12-24 03:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by Peace 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
im not sure. its kind of strange but i guess people started putting them up a long time ago
2006-12-24 03:05:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the tradition started in germany and we brought it here after wwII
-mindy
2006-12-24 03:05:59 · answer #9 · answered by iloveicecream103 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
becouse we do not have it at EASTER
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree
2006-12-24 03:05:24 · answer #10 · answered by schuschtermat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋