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11-06-2006, 09:04 AM
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Who is planning on putting up a Christmas tree this up coming season? My husband and I were discussing this topic this morning, and I was just curious as to who decorates their home with a tree. I understand this has been a debate before I was just wondering how many people do and how many don't.
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11-06-2006, 09:26 AM
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No.
Nor will there be statues of Buddah, or a pyramids, baby jesus and co., Festivus Pole, crucifixes, and the like. Quote: |
"It's a Festivus miracle!"
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11-06-2006, 09:29 AM
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In the house we work in, yes. In our personal apartment within that home, no.
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11-06-2006, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by mangum  No.
Nor will there be statues of Buddah, or a pyramids, baby jesus and co., Festivus Pole, crucifixes, and the like. | No, Nimrod is not invited...
Hot cocoa, cider, mama's pumkin pie, and plenty of family are.
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11-06-2006, 10:27 AM
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I can't wait to get out all my Rudolph, Frosty and Santa items out of the closet. 
I saw a pink tree in Walmart that was retro pink, and the tree was made of feathers. Looked very wild.
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11-06-2006, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by C. Matthew McMahon I can't wait to get out all my Rudolph, Frosty and Santa items out of the closet. |
Is this sarcasm or are you serious?
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Christopher Reeder
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11-06-2006, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ReederKidsMom Who is planning on putting up a Christmas tree this up coming season? My husband and I were discussing this topic this morning, and I was just curious as to who decorates their home with a tree. I understand this has been a debate before I was just wondering how many people do and how many don't. | I voted yes, we just got a new one from Fingerhut with all the lights already on it.
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11-06-2006, 10:47 AM
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Will not be observing the winter solstice at our house. However, a bottle of scotch may be found on the premises.
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I voted yes. If I were in my own place there would not be, but since not, yes, there will be a tree. I would prefer to not have any trappings of the season; however, the tree is not an idol, it is a seasonal decoration that has lost just as much contact with paganism as the names of the days of the week have. Therefore I can live with it for a few weeks.
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11-06-2006, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ChristopherPaul Is this sarcasm or are you serious? |
Totally serious.
Take Christ out of Christmas (thus XMAS) and you have a holiday like Groundhog day, Memorial day or Washington's birthday.
See this article: http://www.apuritansmind.com/Christmas/Christmas.htm The Regulative Principle and Christmas
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11-06-2006, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by C. Matthew McMahon Totally serious.
Take Christ out of Christmas (thus XMAS) and you have a holiday like Groundhog day, Memorial day or Washington's birthday.
See this article: http://www.apuritansmind.com/Christmas/Christmas.htm The Regulative Principle and Christmas
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I appreciate the clarification. Just to make sure I am reading you right: so you intentionally take Christ out of Christmas and celebrate the season just as you would Groundhog Day, Memorial Day or Washington's Birthday?
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11-06-2006, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ChristopherPaul I appreciate the clarification. Just to make sure I am reading you right: so you intentionally take Christ out of Christmas and celebrate the season just as you would Groundhog Day, Memorial Day or Washington's Birthday? | You got it.
Mistle toe, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yule Tide Carols being sung by a choir, and folks, dressed up like eskimoes....everybody knows....  
We love green and red. The halls get decked out every year.
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11-06-2006, 11:18 AM
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I'm not celebrating satan, nimrod, solstice, yule, or the birth of Jesus. We just love the tree and the tradition of decorating it. We love the smell, the ornaments, the memories, hey I even like the sticky sap. We've collected ornaments through out the years and each has so many memories. We will read the story of the incarnation from the Bible because I just love that story. We'll bake cookies with the kids and hang stockings. We'll watch the Polar Express and drink hot cocoa.
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11-06-2006, 11:29 AM
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Well, I guess I could put buddah or krishna on a shelf in the center of the living room and just enjoy their presence rather than worship them....
:canofworms:
(yes, I know...I'm being a pain)
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11-06-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by C. Matthew McMahon You got it.
Mistle toe, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yule Tide Carols being sung by a choir, and folks, dressed up like eskimoes....everybody knows....
We love green and red. The halls get decked out every year. |
So I assume there will be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow.
Oh and don't forget there will be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of christmases long, long ago.
Hmm, I wonder what scary ghost stories we should tell this year... 
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I think his article above states it quite plainly:
Scripture everywhere condemns idolatry, but the argument that because something has pagan roots is no argument against Christmas.
With his appeal being to 1 Corinthians 8:1-13.
Paul's Conscience was clear, mine is clear, and from what I understand from Rev McMahon's above, his clear:
Hoist that Tree ! Let's just see if we can all find the Perfect Tree in the Spirit of Chevy Chase. |
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Nope.
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11-06-2006, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ChristopherPaul So I assume there will be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow.
Oh and don't forget there will be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of christmases long, long ago.
Hmm, I wonder what scary ghost stories we should tell this year... | Scary Ghost stories - simple - "A Chirstmas Carol" - Dickens!
Its just not Xmas without Dicken's.
Bah Humbug!
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Originally Posted by C. Matthew McMahon You got it.
Mistle toe, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yule Tide Carols being sung by a choir, and folks, dressed up like eskimoes....everybody knows.... | Can't imagine those things in sunny Florida.
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Yep. Tree here. I put lights on all the way around the house. You can see it for miles.
Chris and Kara, you guys can come over and see our tree. We'll have the eggnog  and stockings, gingerbread houses, wreaths, more eggnog.
No idols here, just most of the Christmas trappings!
Yes, folks, I know we should celebrate the incarnation of Messiah every day.
We do!
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