| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Down,)
In refernece to the similarities between Christianity and paganism, the main symbol for christmas is a tree, which strikes me as very pagan. Also, christmas is very close to the Winter Solstice (i think thats what it's called.) Correct me if I am wrong, it just strikes me as odd.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
That's because the Christmas Tree is a pagan symbol. It is not in any way connected to the religious celebration of Jesus' birth. It got integrated into the whole Christmas tradition from Germanic practices when the early Saxons were converted and practiced a syncretistic blend of Xianity and their traditional pagan religion |