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The Christmas treeâs origins can be traced back to the 200 ADâs, when the early church father Tertullian wrote:
âYou are the light of the world, a tree ever green, if you have renounced the heathen temple.â
In the 5th to 8th centuries, Christian missionaries were sent from Ireland, Scotland, and England to evangelize the heathen hordes which had overrun Europe.
It was during this time that the courageous St. Boniface (680-755) evangelized the heathen Germanic tribes.
Boniface, also called Wynfred, left his home in Britain, near Crediton, Devonshire, and went as a missionary, sent by Pope Gregory II, to be Apostle of the Germans.
See Where In Maine These 10 Celebrities Were Born
Geographically, Maine is a good-sized state, but outside its handful of cities, it is very sparsely populated. As of the end of 2020, we have a population of just over 1.3 million people. Considering how few people we have, it may surprise you how many celebrities were either born in Maine or call Maine home.
Some of the more notable (and historical) people with connections to Maine include: business man and United States Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, famed movie director John Ford, actress Bette Davis, and Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In more recent years, Maine has been the birthplace of brat pack actors, EDM producers, famed authors, and at least one New England Patriots player.
Christmas, or the more generic âholiday season,â always brings a rush of emotions, but none more than 2020 because of political and COVID-19 anxieties and isolation.
The Christmas season is a mixture of traditional, religious, commercial and cultural aspects that can overload even the steadiest and carefully-minded among us. This year most of us will travel less, window-shop less, visit family and friends less, socially celebrate less. We will have to work at it to make it a âHolly Jolly Christmasâ or to be âHome for Christmas (if only in our dreams).â
The modern American Christmas tradition stems from the popularization of Clement Mooreâs 1822 âTwas the Night Before Christmasâ that presented a fairy tale alternative to the Christian tradition of St. Nicholas celebrated widely throughout Europe. The poem is the basis for the modern notion of Santa Claus with his cheerful, rotund white-bearded face, calling his reindeer by name and bring