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Show Christmas Tree Tradition Trees that grace the home during Christmas owe their seasonal employment em-ployment to a tradition that has been variously explained. One legend has it that when Adam sensed his approaching ap-proaching death he sent Seth to the Garden of Eden to obtain a bit of the Oil of Mercy. Seth's quest was futile, but he did manage to procure a seed from the Tree of Life. This seed he planted in the grave of his father. Thousands of years later, wood from the tree which grew out of Adam's grave served to fashion fash-ion the Cross. |