50 People Who Won Christmas With Their Creative Christmas Trees (New Pics) ; Opens a new tab Christmas trees nowadays range from traditional to so uniquely modern that they are hardly even trees at all. And it is absolutely up to a person's wishes what their Christmas tree should look like. In a way, the Christmas tree is only a symbol. According to a Christmas expert in "Pre-Christian/Pagan times, people used branches of evergreen trees to decorate their homes during the winter solstice, as it made them think of the spring to come". So, in the end, it has never been about the traditional Christmas tree we see in the movies but more about the meaning behind it. .