Hi, Guest
12-15-2006, 10:00 AM
For one, they took it down for the wrong reasons.
A tree has never been a symbol of true Christianity, just something adopted fairly recently. 7000 years before Christianity, the Norse and Pagans celebrated Yul, the winter solstice, by making a yule log and putting a tree in their homes. This began on the 21st, shortest day of the year, and on the 25th, pulled the tree down and burned it. The reason for it was to ask for the Sun to come and provide heat to the Earth for the new year, hense burn the tree.
So to me.... if you want to pull a tree down, make it clear why, don't use a common misconception.
A tree has never been a symbol of true Christianity, just something adopted fairly recently. 7000 years before Christianity, the Norse and Pagans celebrated Yul, the winter solstice, by making a yule log and putting a tree in their homes. This began on the 21st, shortest day of the year, and on the 25th, pulled the tree down and burned it. The reason for it was to ask for the Sun to come and provide heat to the Earth for the new year, hense burn the tree.
So to me.... if you want to pull a tree down, make it clear why, don't use a common misconception.