Talk:The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis/@comment-68.48.145.236-20150513083054

Sheldon was wrong about the origin of the Christmas tree, which actually originates from Germany, although he is right that evergreens held significance in winter pagan rituals. Saturnalia was too different from the Christmas as we know it today to draw a direct line from ancient Romans using evergreen clippings to Northern Europeans (presumably at a later chronological time, and for what specific purpose Sheldon didn't mention) to 16th century Germany for a completely different purpose.