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[quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that it predates Christianity and was borrowed from the pagan celebrations in Germany and that region that used the evergreen to celebrate the winter solstice and looking forward to the spring.  In Russia, they put up evergreen trees as a New Year's celebration, and it has nothing to do with Christmas or any religious holiday.
  
Of course, culturally, it is associated with Christianity.  It is often topped with a star to represent the star of Bethlehem, or with an angel, to represent the angels that announced Jesus's birth according to the gospel stories.  You may want to find something else to top the tree.  Also, of course, some Christmas tree ornaments have religious significance (miniature nativities or angels), but there are plenty that do not (e.g., ones that celebrate football teams or hobbies).  If this is a compromise solution, you may want to agree that the tree will only have ornaments that do not have a Christian religious sentiment.

Also, they sell very small trees -- you could get a table top tree or something of that nature, if you feel uncomfortable with it overwhelming your family room.
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