A sweet Christmas fact
Posted by 22nd December 2011
Frankincense is a sweet smelling gum resin derived from certain Boswellia trees which, at the time of Christ, grew in Arabia, India, and Ethiopia. Tradition says that it was presented to the Christ Child by Balthasar, the black king from Ethiopia or Saba.
The frankincense trade was at its height during the days of the Roman Empire, when this resin was considered as valuable as gems or precious metals. The Romans burned frankincense on their altars and at cremations.
Nope, I haven’t spotted it for sale on the high street, either ….
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