Fact Check: No, red trees don't symbolize blood of Jesus and the resurrection

https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/dec/03/blog-posting/no-red-trees-dont-symbolize-blood-jesus-and-resurr/



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"Red trees are significant to the early Christian church. In eastern Europe, the church would dye the trees red to symbolize the blood of Jesus & the resurrection."

— Bloggers on Thursday, November 29th, 2018 in a meme


No, red trees don't symbolize blood of Jesus and the resurrection

By Miriam Valverde on Monday, December 3rd, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
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Pushing back against comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale and "blood trees," some people on social media defended the choice of red trees on religious grounds.
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Several other scholars agreed with Kizenko and also said the meme is likely conflating the well-known tradition of dyeing eggs red with western Christmas traditions.

"I know of absolutely no early Christian tradition that used trees of any kind to celebrate Christmas," said George E. Demacopoulos, a theology professor and co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University.
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The choice of red in Christmas decorations at the White House "is an extension of the pales, or stripes, found in the presidential seal designed by our Founding Fathers. It’s a symbol of valor and bravery," the White House said.

Finally, and we're not sure if this what the author of the post was going for, but first lady Melania Trump was born in Slovenia, which is in south central Europe, not eastern Europe.....................

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