How do Christians decorate Christmas trees?

Answer 1

Many Christians decorate their Christmas trees with religious icons and symbols, including (but not limited to) crosses, figurines of people considered holy (such as Jesus, Mary, and Joseph), figurines of more general things or beings (such as angels), and ornaments of the usual round, spherical shape with images of people or events considered to be holy (e.g. the nativity scene). It is important to note that more traditional ornaments, such as simple coloured balls, are usually used in addition to these religion-specific ones.

As an aside, the fact that Christians today erect and decorate Christmas trees is actually quite ironic, since they originated from a pagan tradition, and were originally used as a phallic icon (i.e. something which represents a penis), as a symbol of fertility.

Answer 2

The idea for the tree came from ancient people's . Centuries ago during the winter solstice people noticed that the only green plant still alive in the dead of winter was the evergreen , so they would bring in the evergreens. When the Catholic Church was ready to covert the tribes to Christianity they used the days that were all ready in use with the symbols used. They explained the evergreen as representing the trinity. Each of the points of the tree are the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Church called this time Christ Mass and there was 3 masses all day to celebrate. It wasn't until hundred of years later that the tree know today evolved in the 1800's. Dickens story added to the idea to have a festive day with a tree, dinner, and gifts. Thus, it has become what we have now.