[icydanger]

yes,
may i add: the Romans around 300BC used to also cut a pine tree mourning the death of the Goddess Cybele's husband.

The pine tree rituals symbolizes rebirth, renewal

[The_Pickle]

The pine tree rituals symbolizes rebirth, renewal

This is especially interesting when people realize that the winter solstice is a celebration of the Day when the Sun rises the latest and sets the earliest, marking the end of the Solar Year and the Beginning of the New.