Snap on the Shapes while discussing the Christmas Tree.
The Christmas tree being in the shape of a triangle is to represent the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. A story handed down has carried that Martin Luther was one of the first to place lights or candles on a tree, representing the Light of Christ. Christmas trees were symbolic as a metaphor that Jesus died and rose again in splendor in the same way a tree was cut down to its own death to be placed upward again in glory and splendor. The gifts surrounding would represent the greatest gift that Jesus gave to us of His glory, forgiveness, and love.
Select and Listen;
https://youtu.be/YPQIunxuKQ0?feature=shared sung by an Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) quartet.
From Heaven Above to Earth We Come sung by Christians in homes and churches. Martin Luther is believed to the author of the song in 1539
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