Christmas trees aren't a Christian symbol.
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Christmas trees aren't a Christian symbol. They were a pagan symbol, appropriated by Christians and applied to a Christian holiday, trying to rebrand the pre-existing pagan tradition.
Similarly, cherubs aren't a Christian symbol. They were pre-existing figures in ancient Roman art, that pre-date Christianity. Their widespread use in Christian art and iconography are just an appropriation.
Just like how images of crucifixion aren't Christian but are appropriated from pre-existing images of Dionysus, who was part of a trinity and did miracles associated with wine. Christianity isn't actually Christian. . . .
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Christmas trees aren't a Christian symbol. They were a pagan symbol, appropriated by Christians and applied to a Christian holiday, trying to rebrand the pre-existing pagan tradition.
Similarly, cherubs aren't a Christian symbol. They were pre-existing figures in ancient Roman art, that pre-date Christianity. Their widespread use in Christian art and iconography are just an appropriation.
Just like how images of crucifixion aren't Christian but are appropriated from pre-existing images of Dionysus, who was part of a trinity and did miracles associated with wine. Christianity isn't actually Christian. . . .
@celesteh to be fair, there are no traces of Christmas trees before the 1500, centuries past any survival of paganism in the German speaking areas where the Christmas tree started, and there are no sources for customs that are significantly close to Christmas trees in the European pagan traditions that we know of (other than the fact that of course people would decorate their environment with whatever was seasonally available, and what was seasonably available wasn't *that* different between the Roman era and the Middle Ages (things started to change later, but slowly))
there are more details on talesoftimesforgotten.com/2018…
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@celesteh to be fair, there are no traces of Christmas trees before the 1500, centuries past any survival of paganism in the German speaking areas where the Christmas tree started, and there are no sources for customs that are significantly close to Christmas trees in the European pagan traditions that we know of (other than the fact that of course people would decorate their environment with whatever was seasonally available, and what was seasonably available wasn't *that* different between the Roman era and the Middle Ages (things started to change later, but slowly))
there are more details on talesoftimesforgotten.com/2018…
@celesteh (and of course, now that I posted this the fediverse provides me with the replies that already said something similar :) )
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😇 non ero ironico. Forse recenti, ma si vede che c'è del materiale.
