Quoted from Libertarian4life

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Fox News may soon regret throwing an imagined “War on Christmas” in
our faces on a yearly basis, and this is mostly because their imagined enemies are
finally deciding to take up arms. In a move that surprised even the man who requested
it, Florida’s Department of Management Services approved a request to display a
Festivus pole at the state Capitol alongside a nativity scene, Christmas tree, and
Three Wise Men display.

Quoted from Henry

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Yule trees go way back in Pagan tradition, and generally were outdoor live
trees that were decorated with hanging candles. The Yule tree lights and
ornaments originally symbolized the sun, moon and stars as they looked on
the Tree of Life. The Yule tree decorations also represented the souls of the
departed who we remember at the end of the year. And then there is the
modern day gift giving which originated from hanging sacred presents on the
Yule tree as offerings to deities such as Attis and Dionysus. And to think all
of this sprung from the pine groves equated with the Great Mother Goddess

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To fully appreciate the history of the "Christmas tree", one must understand the
mystical importance coniferous evergreens held for the pagan Norsemen who inhabited the
frigid and often enchanting forests of Northern Germany. This era of pre-Christian
Germanic history can be characterized as a time as savage as it was beautiful, mystical as
it was mysterious, and as warm hearted as it was cold and bitter in a frozen landscape.
Pre-Christian Pagans inhabited a land that they believed they shared with numerous
Gods, nature-spirits, and demons. A common example was the Norse worship of the Oak tree;
its strong and long burning wood was a sign of the strength of the spirits that inhabited the Oak,
and it was often used as a symbol of the Norse god chieftain, Odin.