Sacrificing trees became the standard in 1897, when the number of virgins began to dwindle.

Ummm, no (imaginary)crucifiction without trees, sweetie......
When the population was small, like back then, it wasn't a problem in most places.

They were planted for that reason. That being said, i have a fake tree, but I don't put it up any more. The kids don't care, so I don't bother.

Actually that was a pegan tradition. It was stolen by Christians just like the day itself which was a pagan holiday. The Christians renamed it in order to convert more people.

The Yule tree is an old Germanic custom that far predates Christianity.

So far as destroying life, forests need thinning. Even where the trees are grown commercially there’s no loss overall. The production of Yule trees is carbon-neutral.

I doubt if ol’ JC would give it much thought. Of course I could be wrong.

You know what jesus think? If those trees were the trees in jerusalem, romans would had needed another mean of cruxifiction.