I agree Janet. I came out of a Cult Jehovah's Witnesses that had
Christmas the Cross and Birthdays as all pagan related. One needs to
keep in mind that in Man's Recorded History and the calendar we know of
there are only 365 days in the year. Take any day of the year and
research it enough and one can find all kinds of ungodly things that were
done on most any day.
People are pretty wierd. They will make a do or don't list out of most
anything and over look the obvious.
Been there done that and learned from it. In all things give thanks.
Good and Bad.
Mark
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:45:27 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My name is Janet and I am Frapper's wife. I lurk around the net also
> and
> enjoy it daily. About the Christmas trees. You can look at
> anything and
> make a pagan ritual out of it. I am a master story teller, I love
> to tell
> the Three Trees in my own style. While researching the tradition
> years ago,
> I found some things you might find interesting. The pine tree
> always grows
> it's "skirts" lower on one side than the other. (ergo, you spend
> time each
> Christmas season trimming and "evening" it up). The balsam pine is
> made up
> of branches covered with littler branches of three fingers. We tell
> children
> this is to remind us of the Holy Trinity. The skirts give
> protection to
> small animals. They can run from predators and hide in the lower
> side. The
> larger animal can't fit in there. It is protection provided by God
> and it
> reminds us of His protective wings hovering over us. The last thing
> is that
> the pine tree is the only one that grows to a small point on top.
> This shows
> us the way to Heaven. It's ever green color reminds us of eternal
> life. I
> hope you can think of Christmas trees in a different light from now
> on. As
> many of you say, "it's my 2 cent's worth" :o)
>
> Janet Hale
> OP 190
> So Texas
> aka Shadrach
> author of Flat Pan Jack Stories
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