Author by : Alexander Geida

It is well known, that tradition of Christmas tree was in use at
Germany of XVII century. But, a little known nowadays, how, when and
why it appeared at Germany.

One possible hypothesis is closely related with

http://www.shakespeare.uk.net/altai_hypothesis.html

Altai Hypothesis
Of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Europeans

Indo – European civilizations.

Some historians argue that Christianity in its European form, as well as
tradition of New Year and Christmas celebration has easy recognizable
predecessor – believes of people in

http://www.adji.ru/main_en.html

Great Steppes and Altai region.

They used runic alphabets, almost the same as runic alphabets of
Europe, they had a tradition to celebrate New Year at winter, and it
was birthday of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulgan

Ulgan deity – creator of universe. The totem of this deity is birch tree or fur-tree.

Those beliefs are part of

http://www.answers.com/Tengriism?nafid=3

Tengriism
– ancient believe, which still practiced at Siberia in the form of Shamanism.

http://www.answers.com/topic/huns

Hunns,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars

Khazars,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians

Scythians,
and point of view exist, even

http://dienekes.50webs.com/blog/archives/000425.html

Native Americans

practiced some forms of Tengriism.

But, according modern

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaman

Shamans of Siberia,
who are ancestors of Tengriism, tree is symbol of eternity, it is «worlds
tree».

So, it is very probable, Christmas tree tradition is very old one. It was
brought to us through many centuries – from eastern Siberia,
then to Great Steppes of Russia / Ukraine, next, probably through
Attila the Hun, to Europe, next, to Christianity.

Finally, nowadays, we still celebrate Christmas with «Worlds
Tree», which is ancient symbol of universe, eternity and
creation.

[tags]Christmas, Christmas tree, Xmas, History[/tags]

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