Before Christmas

Before Christmas, trees were not decorations. They were sacred sites,

revered for their enduring life in the harshest winter. Ancient peoples made profound offerings and

sacrifices within these groves, rituals essential to ensure their survival through brutal,

unforgiving winters. Then, Christian missionaries arrived. They forcibly dismantled these traditions,

felling sacred trees and erecting new symbols of faith. The ancient rituals were destroyed.

Yet, the tree, an enduring symbol of life, survived.

Its meaning was rewritten. Christmas didn’t erase pagan rituals. It replaced them.

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