Why is the wreath, a symbol of death, put on doors at Christmas, which celebrates a birth?

"At Christmas the wreath is symbolic of Christian immortality. The circle and the sphere are symbols of immortality. Traditionally, the wreath has been worn at festivals, at sacrifices, at weddings, and banquets. The priests wore henbane, vervain, and rue, plants long associated with the other world and religious rites. Crowns for victors were made of laurel (Laurus nobilis), oak, olive, parsley, palm, and poplar. Brides wore coronets or orange blossoms, myrtle, or rosemary. Funeral wreaths were made of daffodils, poppies, and other plants that meant remembrance or everlasting life, as amaranth, statice, tansy and yarrow."
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"The origins of the Advent wreath are found in the folk practices of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples who, during the cold December darkness of Eastern Europe, gathered wreaths of evergreen and lighted fires as signs of hope in a coming spring and renewed light. Christians kept these popular traditions alive, and by the 16th century Catholics and Protestants throughout Germany used these symbols to celebrate their Advent hope in Christ, the everlasting Light. From Germany the use of the Advent wreath spread to other parts of the Christian world. Traditionally, the wreath is made of four candles in a circle of evergreens with a fifth candle in the middle. Three candles are violet and the fourth is rose, but four white candles or four violet candles can also be used. Each day at home, the candles are lighted, perhaps before the evening meal-- one candle the first week, and then another each succeeding week until December 25th. A short prayer may accompany the lighting of each candle. The last candle is the middle candle. The lighting of this candle takes place on Christmas Eve. It represents Jesus Christ being born."
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More information on the history of wreaths as symbols of eternal life can be found at these sites:
https://www.santasquarters.com/origins-christmas-wreaths/
https://time.com/5482144/christmas-wreath-origins/

Griffin's quotes explain much, but it is worth clarifying that wreaths have been traditionally used in many settings, not just funerals. Wreaths are not a symbol of death. Not in any way I've ever thought. And the use of wreaths at Christmas just follows the use of wreaths at many other celebrations. The use of any wreath, whether of flowers or of evergreen probably stems from much the same reasoning as bouquets. People didn't use deoderant, didn't bathe much, and stuff smelled. Having flowers and/or evergreen around helped make life bearable, especially in the shut-in closeness of a cold European winter.

The wreath is actually a symbol of Life - (It's used at a funeral to symbolise the soul starting again in it's new "life" and life going on for everyone else. It's a symbol for the circle of life.

In ignorance people put Xmas wreaths on their doors and everywhere else. Of course, the wreath is an ancient symbol of death, not only physical but spiritual! Is this why so many Christian churches put them up on or above their doors when December rolls around? The word Christmas literally means "death of Christ" and December 25 has nothing to do with the birth of Yahshua our Savior and everything to do with His death! Long before He was born a wicked King Antiochus Ephiphanies sacrificed a pig to Zeus in Yahweh's Temple in Jerusalem on December 25 and killed all faithful Hebrew Jews who would not honor his pagan deity. In the Greek Diaglott for Revelation 13:18 the #666 contains an X (cross) and the Greek symbols for Zeus (which become J-s C-t). This was the first "abomination that maketh desolate" "Mark of the Beast". Every year the celebration of Hanukkah honors the faithful few who restored true Biblical worship in the Temple with the miracle of light. This original festival of light has nothing to do with wreaths, crosses, and trees and everything to do with faith and freedom. Yahweh's Son Yahshua is coming soon! HalleluYah! Will He find you spiritually dead?