| actually the main symbol for Christmas is the nativity - the tree is more of the secular side of it.
As for the day of it - it was set to the same day as a Roman festival before Rome adopted it and for a VERY good reason - if they're partying over Christmas - and it was another day Rome would come down on them and kill them - but its that same festival day so they assumed they were celebrating the same thing other romans were, its a very simple explanation.
As for christian stuff - C.S. Lewis' book "Mere Christianity" is an absolute MUST read if you even just want to understand Christianity.
"That is a Secret."
-Xellos |