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I've heard different theories about the origins of the Christmas Tree and they all refer back to pre-Christian European belief systems. Being that Christians didn't have any Earth based festivals, like their 'pagan' subjects, they took the rites and rituals from these Earth religions and just replaced them with something that referenced Christ, i.e.- symbols like the Easter Egg and Easter bunnies(referencing fertility god festival) and Christmas (referencing the Winter Solstace festival). The tree is just another incorporated symbol that Christians owe to indigenous Earth based European belief systems.
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Dr. William Mackey Jr. (R.I.P.)
-A master teacher who truly deserves to be eternally remembered.
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