James Cooper

The earliest Christmas trees had red apples put on them. And we have red round baubles today because when glassblowers first made decorations, they made them to look like apples because that's what people were used to putting on their trees.

The earliest Christmas trees had red apples put on them. And we have red round baubles today because when glassblowers first made decorations, they made them to look like apples because that's what people were used to putting on their trees.

The earliest Christmas trees had red apples put on them. And we have red round baubles today because when glassblowers first made decorations, they made them to look like apples because that's what people were used to putting on their trees.

Yeah, the short answer is no one really knows. The long answer is it's complicated. I'll try and do my best to explain. You might have heard some people say it's because we took it from the Romans. That kind of doesn't really fit if you look really at the evidence. The earliest records of people trying to find out when to celebrate the birth of Christ was actually to do with his death.

Yeah, the short answer is no one really knows. The long answer is it's complicated. I'll try and do my best to explain. You might have heard some people say it's because we took it from the Romans. That kind of doesn't really fit if you look really at the evidence. The earliest records of people trying to find out when to celebrate the birth of Christ was actually to do with his death.

Yeah, the short answer is no one really knows. The long answer is it's complicated. I'll try and do my best to explain. You might have heard some people say it's because we took it from the Romans. That kind of doesn't really fit if you look really at the evidence. The earliest records of people trying to find out when to celebrate the birth of Christ was actually to do with his death.

Because in the early church, the early Christians, there was kind of a belief that you are important people, especially prophets. And so especially the son of God was born and died on the same day. And they were trying to work out when Jesus died. And they came up with the date.

Because in the early church, the early Christians, there was kind of a belief that you are important people, especially prophets. And so especially the son of God was born and died on the same day. And they were trying to work out when Jesus died. And they came up with the date.

Because in the early church, the early Christians, there was kind of a belief that you are important people, especially prophets. And so especially the son of God was born and died on the same day. And they were trying to work out when Jesus died. And they came up with the date.

of the 25th of March as a good consensus date because there were various dates in and around that time, but they chose the 25th of March. And it changed from the belief that you were born and died on the same day to you were conceived and died on the same day. So if you then put nine months onto the conception of Jesus being on the 25th of March, you get his birth on the 25th of December.

of the 25th of March as a good consensus date because there were various dates in and around that time, but they chose the 25th of March. And it changed from the belief that you were born and died on the same day to you were conceived and died on the same day. So if you then put nine months onto the conception of Jesus being on the 25th of March, you get his birth on the 25th of December.

of the 25th of March as a good consensus date because there were various dates in and around that time, but they chose the 25th of March. And it changed from the belief that you were born and died on the same day to you were conceived and died on the same day. So if you then put nine months onto the conception of Jesus being on the 25th of March, you get his birth on the 25th of December.

Now that happened to coincide with several other midwinter festivals, so it worked quite well, but the earliest evidence seems to be that it was actually the early church working out the death of Jesus rather than anything to do with his birth, which is kind of surreal, but there we go.

Now that happened to coincide with several other midwinter festivals, so it worked quite well, but the earliest evidence seems to be that it was actually the early church working out the death of Jesus rather than anything to do with his birth, which is kind of surreal, but there we go.

Now that happened to coincide with several other midwinter festivals, so it worked quite well, but the earliest evidence seems to be that it was actually the early church working out the death of Jesus rather than anything to do with his birth, which is kind of surreal, but there we go.

Okay, yeah. The earliest Christmas trees seems to have actually come from trees that were paraded around towns in the early Middle Ages as part of what were known as paradise trees or miracle trees. There were plays put on outside churches traditionally on Christmas Eve telling the story from creation up to the time of Jesus, kind of like an old version of Handel's Messiah.

Okay, yeah. The earliest Christmas trees seems to have actually come from trees that were paraded around towns in the early Middle Ages as part of what were known as paradise trees or miracle trees. There were plays put on outside churches traditionally on Christmas Eve telling the story from creation up to the time of Jesus, kind of like an old version of Handel's Messiah.

Okay, yeah. The earliest Christmas trees seems to have actually come from trees that were paraded around towns in the early Middle Ages as part of what were known as paradise trees or miracle trees. There were plays put on outside churches traditionally on Christmas Eve telling the story from creation up to the time of Jesus, kind of like an old version of Handel's Messiah.

basically, and to drum up support and interest in the plays. And they would carry around branches of apple trees or just dead, you know, not the fir trees as we think of them today, but branches of trees or frames of trees. And they were decorated with apples traditionally because they represented the Garden of Eden. And so the earliest trees had red apples put on them.

basically, and to drum up support and interest in the plays. And they would carry around branches of apple trees or just dead, you know, not the fir trees as we think of them today, but branches of trees or frames of trees. And they were decorated with apples traditionally because they represented the Garden of Eden. And so the earliest trees had red apples put on them.