Flickering Embers still Burn from our Pagan Past

Your fathers, where are they? Zechariah 1:5

*This post is not meant to be anti-Christmas Tree and it's lights but rather to illustrate that the paganism of our ancestors echoes down through the ages---no matter how Christianized--or atheistic we become.

"The idea of putting wax candles on an evergreen was inspired by the
pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21. 

These bonfires on the darkest day of the year were intended to recall the sun and show her the way home. 

The lit Christmas tree was essentially a domesticated version of these bonfires." TheConversation