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That all depends upon what you want it to be.
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Technically yes. It's a pagan tradition, like so many other trads. I remember reading some catholic story somewhere, where even the tree came to visit Christ Jesus in his manger, thus allowing the tree to be forever green.
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It's thought to have pagan roots, tracing back to the ancient myth of Gilgamesh and Horus, Nimrod in the Bible. Interestingly, that association places the origins of the Christmas tree in to a celebration Nimrod as the "Son of Heaven." By associating this symbol with Jesus, many Christians are replacing that pagan symbology with a Christian one by celebrating the Birth of Jesus on December 25 instead of the Birthday of Nimrod.
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