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The Story of the Christmas Tree- symbol of Christianity, the ‘Tree of Christ’
By the twelfth century it was being hung at Christmas time in Central Europe as a symbol of Christianity and was referred to as the ‘Tree of Christ’.
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In the seventh century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach the word of God. His name was St. Boniface. He did many good works there and spent much time in Thuringia, a region later to become the centre of the Christmas decoration industry.
Tradition has it that St. Boniface used the triangular shape of the fir tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the fir tree as God’s tree, as they had previously revered the oak.
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