I am so thankful for our tree! I am glad I have kids who love to decorate it too. I didn't know the tree had a christan meaning behind it, and it is really cool!
About the year 1500, Martin Luther, inspired by a snow covered fir tree, brought
a small tree indoors and decorated it with candles in honor of Christ’s birth.
By the 18th century, the custom of decorating a Christmas tree was
well established in France, Germany, and Austria. Thus, the Christmas tree
represents the original Tree of Paradise, the burning bush which spoke to Moses,
the branch of Jesse from which Jesus was born, the life-giving tree of the cross
of Christ, and the tree which St. John the Apostle saw in the Book of
Revelations whose leaves have medicine for the people and which yields fruit
each month for the healing of the nations. Because it is green year-round, the
evergreen tree represents hope. Its needles and its narrow crest point upward,
turning our thoughts to heaven. Because the tree is cut down and then erected
again, it is a symbol of Christ’s resurrection.
