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To: sourcery
Such angst by all concerned over 'Christmas trees' is highly ironic, given that neither Christmas nor tree idols would have been recognized as Christian by the orignal Christians during the first century of the Christian era.

.Duh. We all already knew all that. Just because Christmas trees and Easter eggs had their genesis in something pagan does not prevent them having a different meaning now. Bringing this type of thing up reminds me of threads in which Napoleon and the French are being discussed. Someone always has to comment "Napoleon wasn't French; he was Corsican", as if that fact was not common knowledge.

54 posted on 11/19/2005 11:08:47 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Meadows Place, TX-"Tom DeLay Country")
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To: Sans-Culotte
Just because Christmas trees and Easter eggs had their genesis in something pagan does not prevent them having a different meaning now.

It is called ... tradition ... family tradition ...
memories of wonderful times past ... symbols of the American experience.

Merry Christmas !

92 posted on 11/19/2005 11:27:27 AM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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