May God help your country and people . Israel is the only time tested ally of India beside Russia and Iran . I see a potential problem here . <| sep |> It started way before Christianity was around . The Scandinavians would decorated their homes with pine tress during Yule . It was a symbol of life amidst the dead of winter . Now several centuries pass and Christianity comes on the scene and instead of telling them ' no more yule tress ' the church simply says well they are not Yule trees they are Christmas Trees . However it wasn ' t until Queen Victoria became queen that they really took off . Her husband , Prince Albert , was German and introduced the tradition of a Christmas Tree to the royal family . Since then they have took off .