Some very interesting history concerning the Christmas tree.
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--After the flood of Noah, the first great "world ruler" to arise once human civilization got rolling again was named Nimrod. Nimrod was also known as Marduk and Gilgamesh and after his death he eventually came to be worshipped as Baal, Osiris, Apollo and many, many other "sun gods". Nimrod was exceedingly wicked, and he even married his own mother. Her name was Semiramis, and from her came virtually all of the "goddesses" of the ancient world including Isis, Ishtar, Ashtoreth, Asherah, Aphrodite, Venus and Diana. Many of these "goddesses" came to be associated with the moon.After Nimrod died, Semiramis became pregnant. The people were instructed to believe that Nimrod the "sun god" had been "reincarnated" and that he was coming back as the child that Semiramis was carrying. The birth of her son, Tammuz, became associated with the rebirth of the sun. This is the origin for all of the art throughout the ancient world that we see of a "goddess" holding her child. It can all be traced back to Semiramis and Tammuz.
Whether Tammuz was actually born on December 25th or not, the truth is that in the ancient world this date became associated with the "rebirth" of the sun god Nimrod in the person of Tammuz.
In fact, it is said that as a part of this winter solstice celebration in ancient Babylon, pagans believed that a heroic supernatural figure (the sun god Nimrod) would visit an evergreen tree and leave gifts on December 25th. Now keep in mind that this was long, long before Jesus was ever born. From its early Babylonian roots, the celebration of the birth or "rebirth" of the sun god on December 25th came to be celebrated under various names all over the ancient world. You see, the winter solstice occurs a few days before December 25th each year. The winter solstice is the day of the year when daylight is the shortest. In ancient times, December 25th was the day each year when the day started to become noticeably longer. Thus it was fitting for the early pagans to designate December 25th as the date of the birth or the "rebirth" of the sun god.
The truth is that thousands of years before there was a "Santa Claus", there was another supernatural figure (Nimrod) who would supposedly visit a tree and leave gifts every December 25th.
His name was Nimrod.
According to ancient Babylonian tradition, Semiramis claimed that after the untimely death of her son/husband Nimrod, a full grown evergreen tree sprang up overnight from a dead tree stump. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod would visit that evergreen tree and leave gifts each year on the anniversary of the birth of the sun god, which just happened to be on December 25th.
This is the true origin of the Christmas tree.
