 Now in some Christian sects, Adam and Eve were known as Saints. And to honor them, people would put up a tree of paradise, their fun name for an evergreen tree, and perform huge open-air plays on the 24th of December. Now these plays would tell the story of creation, and as part of them, the evergreen tree would represent the Garden of Eden. People would hang wafers on them to represent the Eucharist and redemption, as well as apples, the world famous forbidden fruit. Sometimes they'd even toss in a little bit of gingerbread, and sometimes the apples would be gold-covered. In later years, the apples were replaced with round objects like shiny red ornaments. That's where they started. Accompanying the tree would often be wooden pyramids that were covered with branches and held together by rope. And people would fasten candles to them, one for each member of their family. Now the clergy around this time didn't really like this practice at all and banned them. And so people started bringing their evergreen branches or trees into their homes in secret.