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 Posted: Mon, Dec 20 2010, 3:24 pm EST Post subject: Holiday Tree?? |
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| What exactly is a Holiday Tree??? Which other "holidays" use a Christmas tree?? Do we call the Menorah a holiday Menorah?? This is getting out of hand....Christmas is Christmas - Hanukka is Hanukka - Kwanza is Kwanza - and so on!! OH NO I SAID MERRY CHRISTMAS and offended someone!!! |
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 20 2010, 4:05 pm EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| What are you talking about? And are you off your meds? |
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 20 2010, 10:31 pm EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Is the Easter bunny known as the Holiday Rodent??? |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 12:42 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Nope, Holiday Lagomorph. |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 8:26 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| The problem with this rant is that a Christmas tree is still called a Christmas tree, at least by a vast majority of people. I've never heard anyone refer to it as a holiday tree. |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 8:43 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Churches often have a "Holiday Tree" for needy families around the area. The tree is adorned with ornaments that represent each family. You are supposed to take one and then donate holiday gifts for that family, to be distributed to them by the church. In this case, holiday means whatever faith that needy family happens to be. |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 11:04 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Two more days until Festivus -- for the rest of us! |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 11:43 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Guest wrote: | | The problem with this rant is that a Christmas tree is still called a Christmas tree, at least by a vast majority of people. I've never heard anyone refer to it as a holiday tree. |
I recall Lowes marketed Christmas trees and Holiday trees a few years ago. I don't think it went over well.... |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2010, 8:48 pm EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Festivus1 wrote: | | Two more days until Festivus -- for the rest of us! |
Lemme get my aluminum pole from the crawlspace. |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 12:17 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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I dunno what all the fuss is about.
Christmas trees were used by pagans in Germany way before Jesu was born!
It's not really an "official" symbol of Christianity. |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 6:52 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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Jesus was Jewish.
He wasn't born on December 25th.
"Christmas" trees don't grow in the middleast, so Jesus probably never saw one.
Jesus would tell you to stop wasting your money on foolish idolatry and give your money to the help the poor. |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 8:11 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Guest wrote: | I dunno what all the fuss is about.
Christmas trees were used by pagans in Germany way before Jesu was born!
It's not really an "official" symbol of Christianity. |
Actually, the pagan Yule holiday celebrated with evergreens. The tree wasn't called a "Christmas tree" until sometime in the Middle Ages. The idea really took off in the Victorian period.
I'm just qualifying my previous post. |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 8:25 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Some people really need to get a life ! |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 9:59 am EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Some people really need to get a life ! |
starting with you |
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 22 2010, 5:22 pm EST Post subject: Re: Holiday Tree?? |
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| Guest wrote: | | http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/470.jpg |
Thanks for the link, I love Charlie Brown. I listen to the CD over and over and over, it drives everyone crazy! |
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