{"id":20948,"date":"2024-11-24T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:30:47","slug":"christmas-tree-tradition-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/christmas-tree-tradition-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat symboliseert de kerstboom? Zijn betekenis en oorsprong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>For Christians, the Christmas tree stands for the life Christ brings. It stays green through the winter, it recalls the tree of life in Eden and the wood of the cross, and its lights point to Christ, the light of the world. A citizen of Strasbourg described the first one we know of in a family&#039;s parlour, in 1605. From parlours like that one the custom travelled, household by household, all the way to St Peter&#039;s Square. The Catholic bishops\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Christians the Christmas tree stands for life in Christ: green in winter, the tree of Eden and the cross, and light. First recorded in a home in 1605.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20941,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/pagan-origins-christmas-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":20948,"position":0},"title":"Are Christmas Trees Pagan? 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