The Purple Christmas Tree

By B. Woster and Barbara Woster

A friendship of friendship and hope. Join Elfendorf as he does all within his power to help save a young Christmas tree.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barbara Woster
• Release date: Nov 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781957496399

B. Woster

Barbara Woster is an educator, author, and business owner. At 14 years of age, she suffered a tragedy that set her on a path to becoming an author. To find out more, visit her website @ LiteraryAdventures.net

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The Purple Christmas Tree

By B. Woster

ISBN: 978-1-957496-38-2

eBook ISBN: 978-1-957496-39-9

© Copyright 2023

Barbara Woster

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Illustrated by: Branislav Sosic

Cover art by: Beenish Khan

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Dedication

With all my love to my daughters, without whom this book would never have been written.

Table of Contents

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Dedication

Christmas Joy?

The Saddest Holiday Trees Ever Knew

Christmas Elf from Christmas Magic

The Tree of Whom I Speak

A Particularly Brave Family

The One Special Tree with Which to Celebrate the Holiday

A Most Serious Affliction Indeed

Why Purple and Not Just Blue?

A Little Red with Anger

The Root of My Anger

A Place to Heal

All Within My Power

The Something Else I Could Do

What is This I See?

This Family Has Yet to Choose a Tree

In Search of a Special Tree

A Long Walk for an Awesome Tree

The Purple Christmas Tree

The Purple Tree’s Tale of Woe

Friends Reunited

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Christmas Joy?

Christmas.

When many people hear that word, they immediately feel happy, for Christmas is a time of joy, giving, and colorful decorations.

Sounds delightful, doesn’t it? However, there have been times throughout the centuries that sadness has enveloped the land, sucking all the enjoyment from this festive time of year. Much as a blood-sucking vampire.

Many reading this tale are too young to recall those super sad times, but someone in your family might know. Ask one of them about the great sorrow of the late 1920s. A time referred to as the Great Depression.

It was a misery that gripped the country for ten whole years. During that time, many people had no job, and therefore no money. No money meant no food. That doesn’t sound merry, does it? There certainly weren’t a lot of people walking around town greeting their neighbors cheerfully with a Merry Christmas.

Believe it or not, it was a gloomy time for the trees also. They have a history too.

You see, long before the 1920s—about 1600 years before—there was a great ruler named Constantine who invented Christmas. Before then...well...trees did not think much about feelings. They lived day-to-day with regular emotions like happiness and sadness.

Then after Constantine invented that holiday, people started putting colorful ornaments upon branches. Everything from ribbons and bows to paper cornucopias. They suddenly felt more beautiful and excited at the prospect of being decorated.

It took a bit longer to realize this joyous event only took place once a year, but it became something trees looked forward to with great delight. This delight did not come to the United States though until 1870, when the government decided to make Christmas an official celebration. Over two hundred years later! That’s a long time for trees there to wait. Can you imagine waiting two hundred years...oh, never mind...humans don’t live that long.

Anyway, gradually, as people