William Federer: Christmas Tree, Lights, Poinsettia, Famous Carols, & White House Christmas — The Patriot Post
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 missionar...
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