How did coniferous trees become associated with the Christianity? According to legend, some 1,000 years ago, St. Boniface came across a group of pagans in the woods who were worshipping an oak tree. St. Boniface cut down the oak in anger, and it is said that a conifer sprung up in its place. St. Boniface believed that it was a sign of the Christian faith.
It was centuries later when coniferous trees became associated with Christmas. The custom of decorating coniferous trees for the Christmas holiday is usually traced back to 16th century Germany. The earliest account comes from a Bremen Guild chronicle dated 1570, in which a small fir tree is described as being decorated with fruit and nuts and placed in the guild-house, where children later collected the goodies from the tree.
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