Buddy…

They literally worshipped trees…

After Christian crackdowns, the church literally ran around chopping trees down

Reverence for individual trees among the Germanic peoples is a common theme in medieval Christian denunciations of backsliding into paganism.[12][13] In some cases, such as Donar’s Oak (according to legend, felled by Christian missionary Saint Boniface), these were associated with particular gods, and the association of individual trees with saints can be seen as a continuation of the tradition into modern times.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology

Before temples, before buildings, before tents

European pagans worshipped trees. And around the winter solstice, they worshipped the trees that were “strong enough” to stay green despite winter.

What you’re doing is like arguing that Christians didn’t worship Jesus, which is why I’ve been so dismissive

The thing the people forced to convert to Christianity used to worship, was trees, and you’re insisting tree worship is a Christian thing.

Edit:

And here’s a list of examples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology#Germanic_paganism

You’ll notice we’re coming full circle, and Christians cut the trees down to build churches, and told the pagans worshipping in that church was worshipping their trees.

Then over generations boiled it down to just Christian.