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Why do Christians put up Christmas trees when the Old Testament explicitly forbids it?
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Answer 1
The People wanted to celebrate as it was a custom in those day after the fall harvest and winter season can, The year end, the winter solstice, the religious community felt left out and wanted something to point out the fact of their faith in God.
Answer 2
Christmas, anthropologically speaking, has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. It would seem given the accounts of the New Testament that Jesus was born in the springtime. The positioning of Christmas as a winter solstice holiday was to make it easier for Roman citizens who had previously enjoyed Saturnalia as a winter solstice holiday, to be Christians. As a result, various Saturnalia customs, like decorating trees with tinsel, were seen as acceptable even though Jeremiah explicitly forbids this conduct.
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