It's Christmas Eve 722, and Kristoph, a young orphan boy, is accompanying the missionary priest Boniface through the German countryside. They are hurrying to reach the next village by nightfall when they come upon a group of people in the forest worshiping an oak tree and preparing to sacrifice the son of the village chieftain. To prove that the oak is powerless and that there is only One True God, Boniface miraculously fells the giant tree with a single ax stroke. In its place stands an evergreen. Calling it the tree of the Christ Child, he instructs the men to mend their lives and take the tree home where it will shelter loving gifts and lights of kindness. Now rescued, the son of the village chieftain invites Boniface and Kristoph to share Christmas with his family ...around ather evergreen that Kristoph cuts down for their own celebration.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Paraclete Press
ISBN-10
1612616305
ISBN-13
9781612616308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216840070
Dimensions
Weight
454g
Height
305mm
Width
241mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Orleans
Spine
8mm
Illustrator(s)
Dave Hill
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
Claudia Cangilla McAdam is the author of many books. She frequently combines her undergraduate degree in English with her master's degree in Theology to craft stories that reveal character, explore the virtues, and build faith. A Christmas tree lover her whole life, she enjoys trekking with her extended family into the Colorado Rocky Mountains each year on the day after Thanksgiving to cut down fresh evergreens to take home and decorate, and to honor as the settings for loving gifts and lights of kindness, as St. Boniface would say. Dave Hill is also the illustrator of Hildegard's Gift. He lives in Scotland.
