| It is well known, that tradition of Christmas tree was in | | | | Tengriism |
| use at | | | | - ancient believe, which still practiced at Siberia in the |
| Germany of XVII century. But, a little known | | | | form of Shamanism. |
| nowadays, how, when andwhy it appeared at | | | | Hunns, |
| Germany. | | | | Khazars, |
| One possible hypothesis is closely related with | | | | Scythians,and point of view exist, even |
| Altai Hypothesis | | | | Native Americanspracticed some forms of Tengriism. |
| Of | | | | But, according modern |
| Indo - European civilizations. | | | | Shamans of Siberia,who are ancestors of Tengriism, |
| Some historians argue that Christianity in its European | | | | tree is symbol of eternity, it is |
| form, as well astradition of New Year and Christmas | | | | «worldstree». |
| celebration has easy recognizablepredecessor - | | | | So, it is very probable, Christmas tree tradition is very |
| believes of people in | | | | old one. It wasbrought to us through many centuries - |
| Great Steppes and Altai region. | | | | from eastern Siberia,then to Great Steppes of Russia |
| They used runic alphabets, almost the same as runic | | | | Ukraine, next, probably through |
| alphabets of | | | | Attila the Hun, to Europe, next, to Christianity. |
| Europe, they had a tradition to celebrate New Year at | | | | Finally, nowadays, we still celebrate Christmas with |
| winter, and itwas birthday of | | | | «Worlds |
| Ulgan deity - creator of universe. The totem of this | | | | Tree», which is ancient symbol of universe, |
| deity is birch tree or fur-tree. | | | | eternity andcreation. |
| Those beliefs are part of | | | | |