The history of Christmas trees goes back to the symbolic use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome and continues with the German tradition of candlelit Christmas trees first brought to America in the 1800s.
In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, Prequel, Rachel Maddow dives deep into a forgotten history of a Nazi campaign waged on the streets of America — and the fifth column that could have cost the Allies the war. It's a chapter of history that is especially relevant today