An old
legend states that Boniface, an English missionary in Germany around the 8th
century was walking through the woods on Christmas eve when he found a small
child tied to an oak tree who was about to be sacrificed to the god Odin.
Boniface released the child and ordered the oak tree be cut down. Upon
clearing the oak a tiny fir tree was found behind the stump -- the fir was named
"Tree of the Christ Child" and thus became a symbol of the Christian
faith.
Charles Mims
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