Origin Of The Christmas Tree

Tlie Ch rist mas tiee probably liad its origin in the Norse mythof Ygdrasil, ;ho ash tree, whicti was BUpposed to lold up the universo. Itsearliest place was i u the Pagan festival held in the atter part of December, when the sunjod was said to have yuled, or wheeled, n bis COurse and begun bis northward ourney. In the Christian festival the evergreen tree, formerly dedicated to the goddess of spring, became the symbol of eternal ife. Since the days of Constantine the 5reat, St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in L.ycia, has been the patrón saint of children.