Did St. Boniface invent the The Christmas Tree? The specific origin of the Christmas tree is lost in the dim and distant past. It may have started when pre-Christian rituals involving evergreen boughs were merged with Christian celebrations and beliefs.

It seems to be generally recognized that the people who lived in what is now Germany were the first to develop the tradition of the Christmas tree.
One tradition is that about 1000 years ago, in Germany, St Boniface came across a group of … [More]