Posted on 12/09/2014 7:05:28 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
A Boston woman is asking the city of Boston to include a menorah next to the wreaths at the Boston Public Library.
According to WHDH, Esther Weissman considers a wreath to be a symbol of Christmas. “The wreaths are a seasonal display; they are secular symbols and do not represent any religion,” the Boston Public Library said in a statement to CBS Boston.
Weissman thinks otherwise.
“If this is a city of inclusion and diversity and fairness for everybody, then it seems like an easy thing to do,” Weissman told WHDH.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
The nuns told me that Christmas Wreaths are a Christian symbol of eternity like the Wedding Ring.
Christians kept these popular traditions alive, and by the 16th century Catholics and Protestants throughout Germany used these symbols to celebrate their Advent hope in Christ
http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/trivia/wreaths.htm
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