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[–] Bananigans@lemmings.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

the Christmas tree started as a winter solstice pagan holiday.

I'd always heard that too, but Religion for breakfast put out a pretty interesting breakdown on why that may likely not be the case.

The very recent origins of the Christmas treehttps://youtu.be/m41KXS-LWsY

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Interesting.

[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Honestly, given that they are using a narrow definition of specifically an evergreen being decorated I don't agree. I'm not sure why we wouldn't include other types of winter holiday trees or bushes like the ones decorated for Saturnalia. There's also a lot of "probably" and supposition in this video.