a candid history of the Christmas tree
- Written by: James A. T. Lancaster, Lecturer in Studies in Western Religious Traditions, The University of Queensland
© The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SAThe Christmas tree is a modern invention. It is a largely secular symbol, having no basis in the Bible. There are many trees in the Bible, from the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life in Genesis to the reference to Christ’s cross as a “tree” in Acts. But there is no...