The most original Christmas trees

Before the arrival of the first Christians in northern Europe, the inhabitants of these areas celebrated the birth of Frey, god of the Sun and fertility, adorning an evergreen tree on the dates close to Christian Christmas. It represented the ancient German belief that a gigantic tree held the world and that the stars, the moon and the Sun were supported on its branches. It was also a symbol of life, for not losing its green foliage in winter when almost all of nature seems dead. In some houses in the Nordic countries during the winter, some branches were cut and decorated with bread, fruit and bright ornaments to brighten the lives of the inhabitants of the house while the winter passed. It is said that the British missionary San Bonifacio (VII-VIII century), realizing that it was impossible to root out this pagan tradition, adopted it giving it a Christian sense, making the ornate tree also a symbol of the birth of Christ. Thus according to tradition / legend San Bonifacio brought down the tree that represented Yggdrasil, and instead planted a pine, symbol of the perennial love of God and adorned it with apples and candles, giving it a Christian symbolism, apples represented temptations, the original sin and sins of men; the candles represented Christ, the light of the world and the grace that men who accept Jesus as Savior receive. The first Christmas tree of which there is evidence was placed in the Strasbourg Cathedral in 1539. In the seventeenth century trees began to be put in family houses. At that time they were decorated with apples, nuts, paper balls, etc. The custom of the Christmas tree spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages and with the conquests and migrations, it reached America.