Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-30539549-20161220213700/@comment-25565811-20161221092836

''WillyTheWyvern wrote: ... as the tree represents the cross. ...''

I'd say this is not correct. The origin of the tree is unclear. It was quite a modern invention.

The tree migth as well be a Heathen leftover, the world-tree (ash) called "Yggdrasil". It has the Giants at the bottom (Uitgard), the Men in the middle (Midgard) and the Gods on top (Asgard). The squirrel "Rattatöska" is running up and down the tree and carries news from one realm to the other.

The Christians had their feasts around the same time, as the Heathens (Christmas=mid-winter-day, Easter=spring equinox) to take over their tradition. Therefore a lot of their traditions can be interpreted to be of Heathen origin.