Wreaths Christmas season has a connection with pagan celebrations of winter solstice. Winter Solstice occurs on the shortest day of the year when, in the northern hemisphere, the land slopes farther from the sun. The sun has its lowest arc in the sky of the year, the winter solstice ceremonies solstice.Winter were carried out by many cultures throughout time. The fear that the sun would never were the motivation for these ceremonies. Ceremonies and gave hope. Many of these cultures were pagan worshipers Sun Some of the greatest architecture of ancient cultures were built to align with the solstices and equinoxes – temples, tombs, burial mounds and sacred observatories.The first Christmas wreaths were made from holly on Roman times. Holly was seen as having magical powers to the ancient Celts, as it was one of the few plants to survive and look beautiful in the winter. The Celts gathered boughs of holly and put them in their homes to ward off the evils they believed lurked in the darker months. The Roman soldiers are believed to have led to the idea of ​​decorating with holly around Britain.Holly was used by the Romans during the winter solstice celebrations and became sacred to Saturn, the Romans worshiped the sun god. The week of winter solstice celebrations of the Romans in honor of Saturn. Wreaths of holly with its bright red fruit were given as gifts. Holly was everywhere during these celebrations – in public buildings, streets and shops, inside and outside the houses. The tradition of giving gifts as crowns began here. Holly was thought to be lucky so the more you had the best of Christians in Rome were.Early decorating their homes with holly to avoid persecution during the winter solstice holiday even though they did not worship Saturn. Over time the meaning of the tradition of Christmas wreaths holly blurred and eventually became a symbol of the Christian faith. It is used to explain life and death of Christ. The leaves represent the crown of thorns and red berries represent the blood of Jesus, the Roman Emperor Constantine gave official status to Christianity, and forced all the pagans to be baptized into the Roman church. I had to join the Christians and pagans and pagan rituals and idols that had the name and pagan celebrations of winter solstice and the festival became Christian festivals. December 25th was the birthday of the gods of the pagans. Pagan symbols and traditions over time merge into Christian symbols and traditions.Today Christmas wreaths are a tradition of season that most people in the United States continues. You do not go by the houses of many of them without a wreath on the door during the holidays. The meaning of the crown is not so much about religion as it seeks to demonstrate seasonal joy and goodwill to all.