Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "How Christmas trees stopped being just a German thing" video.

  1. The German custom comes from German paganism. "Tree cults" we call them, where given trees were said to have exotic properties (I.E. a tree that survives a lighting strike was "blessed by Thor"). Tree cults were still being discovered in Germany in the late 18th century.
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  2. It's hard to believe at one point people used real trees and real candles in their houses.
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  3. Most modern Christmas customs, yes.
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  4. Presents at Christmas didn't come around until roughly 1800.
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  5. It's funnier if you let Google translate
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  6.  @Ohampion  We all use to live around them, anyway. Urban life is the exception in human civilization, not the norm.
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