O Tannenbaum the faithless maiden of the folk song. This was changed to ' (green) at some point in the 20th century, after the song had come to be associated with Christmas. The tune is an old folk tune attested in the 16th century. It is also known as the tune of "" and of "". Below is the tune with the original German lyrics of the first verse: <score vorbis="1"> » </score> The tune has also been used (as a contrafactum) to carry other texts on many occasions. Some notable uses include: O Tannenbaum "" (; "O fir tree", English: "O
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