Are there any winter holidays besides Christmas for which a tree is decorated?
” C R on Thu, 10th Dec 2009 4:21 pm Yes. The Christmas trees roots are in Saturnalia, the Roman mid-winter festival, when trees outside were not cut down, but decorated with silver, and evergreen trimmings were brought into the home to decorate it for the festival. Many Christmas traditions come from Saturnalia. Modern Pagans celebrate the Solstice, usually under the Germanic name Yule, and decorate a tree indoors. In my house, we call it the Yule tree. Weeping Willow, Cry For Me on Thu, 10th Dec 2009 4:32 pm Yes, there those who celebrate the winter solstice and a tree is decorated for that occasion (it is where the modern Christmas tree came from) Most ot the “traditional” decorations and colors came from that celebration also. If there are others, I am not aware of them. Happy WhateveryouCelebrate.cr MSB on Thu, 10th Dec 2009 4:48 pm i thik that this might be offended by the fact that Christmas is Christ’s birthday so they changed the name of the tree to winter holiday tree so that
