If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...

The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews used evergreen wreaths, garlands, and trees to symbolise their respect for nature and their belief in eternal life. The pagan Europeans worshipped trees and ...

My family usually bought a Christmas tree, but one year we went into the woods behind our house. We climbed over one of the old stonewalls that spiderweb throughout New England and followed the ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we know today.

Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, nobody knows your origin. It’s true — historians don’t agree on where people started celebrating Christmas with a decorated fir tree, and who did it first. The ...