The Christmas Tree (1996 film) Noël, L' Canada", In Spain as "Árbol de Navidad, El Spain", in Brazil as "A Árvore de Natal Brazil" (Portuguese), in Greece as "Dentro ton Hristougennon, To Greece", and in Germany as "Der Weihnachtsbaum". It was made available in October 2001 on VHS in Spanish and English. The Christmas Tree (1996 film) The Christmas Tree is a 1996 American made-for-television Christmas drama film directed by Sally Field, starring Julie Harris and Andrew McCarthy and produced by Walt Disney Television which premiered on ABC on December 22, 1996. A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony (Julie
Christmas in Nazi Germany the missionary work of Columbanus and St. Boniface in the 6th–8th centuries. The Nazis ruled Germany from 1933-1945. Nazism wanted to transform the subjective consciousness of the German people—their attitudes, values and mentalities—into a single-minded, cohesive "national community". According to the American journalist Shirer, "under the leadership of Rosenberg, Bormann and Himmler—backed by Hitler— the Nazi regime intended to destroy Christianity in Germany, if it could, and substitute the old paganism of the early tribal Germanic gods and the new paganism of the Nazi extremists.". However Hitler and the Nazi party promoted "Positive Christianity", Early Nazi celebrations of Christmas occurred