To: dandelion
yes,
may i add: the Romans around 300BC used to also cut a pine tree mourning the death of the Goddess Cybele's husband.
The pine tree rituals symbolizes rebirth, renewal
To: icydanger
The pine tree rituals symbolizes rebirth, renewal This is especially interesting when people realize that the winter solstice is a celebration of the Day when the Sun rises the latest and sets the earliest, marking the end of the Solar Year and the Beginning of the New.
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12/23/2003 4:51:26 PM PST by
The_Pickle
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