 Romans are part of the history of Christmas trees in several different ways, and it really all revolves around the Roman feast honoring the winter solstice called Saturnalia. So-called because it honored their sun god, Saturn. Yeah, he's the god the planet's named after. During this week-long festival that ran from the 17th to the 25th of December, Romans would decorate their homes with the wreaths and boughs of evergreens. But unlike the old lovey-dovey Christmas time we have now, Saturnalia was more like the Roman version of the movie The Purge. And during this week-long celebration, no one could be prosecuted for theft, rape, murder, and pretty much anything that was normally against the law. Yet in stark contrast, the Romans would also exchange gifts. Well all that aside, Saturnalia is also the main reason that Christmas is held on the 25th of December, and scholars don't actually know when Jesus was born. But almost all of them say it wasn't in December.