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To: Coleus; muawiyah

I believe that sacrificing an evergreen tree on the Winter Solstice and anointing it with lit candles was a Germanic pagan custom.

188 posted on 12/21/2006 12:31:33 PM PST by NathanR (Après moi, le deluge.)

To: NathanR

A "pagan religious custom" ~ not just a "pagan custom". After all, it was a "pagan custom" to eat food, drink water and wear clothes.

189 posted on 12/21/2006 12:59:06 PM PST by muawiyah

To: NathanR

thanks.. probably done today the 21st too...

195 posted on 12/21/2006 5:11:02 PM PST by Coleus (Happy Chanukkah, Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe)

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