The Christian Origins of the Christmas Tree

Origins of the Festive Sermon Illustration Back in 7th-century Germany, there was a monk named Boniface who brilliantly used the triangular shape of the evergreen tree to explain the Holy Trinity to pagans. As Germany embraced Christianity through evangelistic efforts like this, the symbolic evergreen tree found its way into homes, as a sign of the evergreen love and grace of God for humanity. By the 14th century, German Christmas plays featured these trees, not as pagan symbols, but as beautiful representations of eternal life and the tree of life we have [...]