What is the tradition of the Christmas tree?

Answer 1

Long before Christianity, the pine tree was used to decorate houses for the mid-winter solstice festivities, and was a reminder to spring to come. Christianity had great difficulty in getting rid of traditional practices, and took the path of taking them over by incorporating them into Christian rituals. So they shifted Jesus' traditional birthday from 6 January back to 25 December to take over the Feast of the Saturnalia, and the winter solstice trees were also absorbed.

We adapt things to suit our beliefs and purposes. St Nicholas has become Santa Claus, but he used to be dressed in russet until Coca Cola put him into their red and white colours in the 1930s.

Answer 2

The Christmas tree tradition started with a young man named William Bosfowitz. A few days before Christmas he and his friends were talking about what their families were going to do for the Christmas celebration. His friend Edward Taute said that he and his family were going to do something that no family had ever done. They were going to half of their presents in socks. That is where we got the tradition of the stocking. All the other boys got rather jealous so William made up a lie to make his new tradition sound much cooler, so he said, "My family is putting up a really big tree in our front cabinet room and we are going to decorate it! My mom says that it is called an evergreen coniferous. That is a much better tradition than stuffing stuff in socks!" And so, as you see the tradition of the Christmas tree started with a bit of jealousy.

Answer 3

Catholic missionaries to the pagan Germanic tribes.

The pagan Germanic tribes worshiped trees, especially the Oak tree.

The missionaries saw the twisted Oak as symbolizing the twisted lies of the devil and chose a Pine to symbolize the straight and true faith of Christianity. They used the new symbol to help convert the Germanic tribes to Catholicism.

The Pine tree became the traditional Christmas Tree in Catholic Germany and was retained when Germany converted to Protestantism.

When Queen Victoria of England married Prince Albert of Germany he brought the tradition of the Christmas Tree to England and Americans copied the tradition because at the time they were fascinated with everything Queen Victoria and her family was doing.

Answer 4

decorating the christmas tree as a family. going to churches and caroling