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To: goldstategop; All

Why should atheists be offended by a Christmas tree when it is a Germanic pagan import. “Oh, Tanenbaum.” Anyone know how tanenbaum translates??


12 posted on 12/07/2014 12:36:35 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Tannenbaum in German - Tanne - means a fir and baum is tree.

German poets have praised its evergreen qualities for centuries.


15 posted on 12/07/2014 12:39:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: gleeaikin

“Anyone know how tanenbaum translates??”

A tanned bum?


19 posted on 12/07/2014 12:42:04 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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