 Before we get into actual Christmas trees, we gotta go just a little bit further back in history for some nice evergreen dismemberment. Numerous cultures use the bowels of evergreen trees around their doorways and homes as a means of protection from evil spirits and as a way to honor their particular brand of sun god. Celtic Druids decorated their temples with evergreen bowels as a symbol of everlasting life. Those fun-loving Vikings BAAAAA BORNIN' Believed evergreens were the most beloved plant of their sun god, Baldur. The Egyptians would use green palm brushes to honor their sun god, Ra. Now all of this ends up being linked to the longest day of the year, the winter solstice. As traditionally this was the time where people knew their sun god was gonna start rebuilding his strength to start making awesome crops and sunny days for the upcoming year. And this was the early start of Christmas tree madness as we know it.