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There are numerous legends associated with the Christmas tree and how it came to be associated with Christmas. As per one legend, today's version of the Christmas tree dates back to the Pagan Yule celebration. The Pagan families used to believe in the wood sprits. They would bring a real tree inside their home in winters, in order to provide a place to the spirits to remain warm during the cold months. Pagans even hung bells from the branches of the tree so that they would know when a spirit came inside their home. Food items were also hung on the branches and a five-pointed star, the pentagram, was placed on top of the tree. 

Another version of the legends about the Christmas tree goes back to the 1300's. During that time, artists used to roam around in the streets carrying huge pine boughs, loaded with apples. This act was a kind of advertisement for the miracle plays they used to stage on the steps of the church, the plays about Adam and Eve, with the boughs representing the Garden of Eden. Slowly and gradually, this 'paradise tree' came to be associated with life and was named as the 'Christ Child's Tree'. 

Yet another legend of the Christmas tree revolves around the story of a Christian monk who used to spread Christianity amongst the Druids in England, in the early days of the religion. One day, he struck down a huge oak tree, which was believed to be an object of worship as per the Druid religion. As the tree fell to ground, it splintered and from within it, a fir tree sprung up. The monk declared the fir tree to be the 'Holy Tree', a symbol of endless love, peace as well as the Christ Child. One of the first written references to a Christmas tree was made in 1605. In that year, a German tourist reported seeing a tree decorated with apples, gilded candies, paper roses and thin wafers.

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