Christmas Tree of the Republic

Origins of this Czechoslovak tradition, its Danish inspiration, and the founding role of Rudolf Těsnohlídek (1919–1929). Lavishly decorated and festively-lit Christmas trees in the squares of today's towns and cities in the Czech Republic – a Přemyslid princess who married at the end of the 12th century in Denmark – a children’s home built on the outskirts of the Czechoslovak city of Brno over 80 years ago – a melancholy writer and excellent journalist working in this city in the early 20th century – how are all these facts related? This book provides the answer through an old story which still has the power to appeal to today’s reader.