Book Description

Have you ever found yourself reclining in your favourite armchair, a cup of coffee poised on your lap, starting at the Christmas tree in the corner and kind of wondering... It's a tree; what is it doing in the living room? ... It is that meeting place of the sacred and the secular that makes the Christmas tree such a durable and endearing feature of our holiday homes. It is a place where even the least religious feel compelled to stick an angel on the apex, include a Nativity underneath, or simply place a star near the top. Thus we give voice to the yearnings of all hungry hearts to undertake such a journey -as wise people still do today -following the star, making our way to public worship, singing carols, or at least pausing in some fashion to acknowledge the newborn king.