---
title: 'The First Christmas Tree'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1906-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 6'
- 'Luke 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1906-the-first-christmas-tree
---

# The First Christmas Tree

Historical short story of Winfried (Boniface) at a convent on Christmas Eve, teaching novices and recounting missionary adventures. Themes: medieval Christian life and the first Christmas tree.

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